American officials are presenting Thursday's speech as an important effort by Mr. Bush to reach out to Europeans and to thank them for supporting the campaign against terrorism.
I strongly feel that exposing the affair will create a major distraction that would adversely impact the success of an important effort.
The governor's announcement emphasized the creation of a new transportation working group, and an important effort to untangle the way different freight and rail carriers use the busy tracks between New York City and Albany.
The Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design program is an important effort in the right direction, said Mr. Gupta, who is director of the Natural Resources Defense Council's air and energy program.
Away from the smear campaign, Professor Keogh's review, like the Francis reviews instigated by Andy Burnham, is an important effort to improve care for all those who use it.
Although most of the health care reforms are devoted to improving care for the sick, the new fund is an important effort to stop people from getting ill — saving lives and money.
The Obama administration began an important effort to reduce these pollutants when Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton began the global Climate and Clean Air Coalition to Reduce Short-Lived Climate Pollutants earlier this year.
Following the announcement, historian Niall Ferguson said, "By reminding today's Britons of key moments in our country's history, the Government is making an important effort to strengthen our contract with the past.
Many people believe a focus on unpaid internships is an important effort to protect young people from economic exploitation, as well as to even the intern playing field so students who can afford to work without pay aren't the overwhelming beneficiaries of internship experience.
This is an important effort.
This was an important effort of the SBBD community to make its results more internationally visible.
