In asking industry leaders to come to the Treasury on Thursday, Mr. Geithner hopes to underscore the administration's commitment to passing legislation this year, officials said.
And American officials hope to underscore that Mr. Pastrana, a Conservative Party leader who took office two years ago, is making a strong effort to break with past corruption.
Tillerson had hoped to underscore the US position with a unified message from the G7, which condemned the chemical attack at a summit in Italy on Tuesday.
Union organizers hoped to underscore the conflict on Tuesday evening when Gov. Mitch Daniels, who has said he favors the right to work bill, was to give the Republicans' response to President Obama's State of the Union address.
In picking the first Jewish running mate -- and one who is Orthodox at that -- Mr. Gore hopes to underscore his willingness to break the political rules and display a dash of daring that has largely been absent from his campaign.
Last week, with some 55 "cannabis industry professionals" meeting with congressional officials, the group hoped to underscore the role of small businesses in the fast-growing industry and to counter popular perceptions of the drug and its users.
Joe Trippi, an Edwards campaign adviser, said Mr. Edwards hoped to underscore a contrast with Mrs. Clinton, who recently gave back $850,000 received through a fund-raiser, Norman Hsu, who turned out to be a fugitive from the law.
This week, with some 55 "cannabis industry professionals" meeting with congressional officials, the group hoped to underscore the role of small businesses in the fast-growing industry and to counter popular perceptions of the drug and its users.
Fifty years after its initial release, with activists on the political right and left still bitterly divided over social issues, the film remains sharply relevant, something the Malibu Film Society hopes to underscore with a special anniversary screening and panel discussion Sunday.
Speaking from Almaty just days before her third visit to Afghanistan since 2001, UNICEF Executive Director Carol Bellamy said that she hopes to underscore progress made in Afghanistan over the past 20 months, particularly for children and women.
