These testing systems underscore, among other design and development elements, complex interactions, progressive levels of performance, single and cooperative responses, extended-time involvement, sustained engagement, multilingual and multicultural communication, as well as attention to process information.
The warning underscored concerns among consumer-oriented businesses, which are bracing for one of the worst holiday shopping seasons in years.
That said, Dr. Dean has, rolling into this high-scrutiny period, made a number of statements that underscored concerns among many Democrats about how he would hold up against Mr. Bush.
The warrant formally brought the Federal Bureau of Investigation into the nationwide search for the man, Raymond Alves, and underscored anxieties among both state and federal law enforcement officials that Mr. Alves is a danger to the public, especially to women.
The votes, in the Senate Finance Committee, underscored divisions among Democrats and were a setback for President Obama, who has endorsed the public plan as a way to "keep insurance companies honest".
Federal marshals seized dozens of paintings on Thursday from a gallery in Wisconsin in a copyright dispute that has underscored worries among American artists about an influx of cheap art from China, lawyers for both sides said yesterday.
The incident reflected a degree of confusion in an administration that had sought to project a disciplined management style, and underscored divisions among President Bush's advisers over how tough to be with China.
It also underscored divisions among President Bush's advisers over how tough to be with China after the confrontation over an American surveillance aircraft that remains at a Chinese military base on Hainan Island.
The shift has underscored doubts among Obama administration officials and their European partners about Iran's readiness to negotiate seriously and to finally answer questions from international nuclear inspectors about its program's "possible military dimensions".
But his shaky debate performance Thursday night in Florida underscored concerns among establishment Republicans and donors about his electability and his skills as a candidate on a national stage — and the difficulty he has had planting serious doubts about Mr. Romney.
