Instead, they underscored why much of this work should be curtailed.
Also, as Watson himself appreciates, the way he lost the tournament underscored why golf is the sport most like life.
But a few recent incidents have underscored why a push on gender equity isn't just a mindless fad and why it's not primarily about political correctness.
The caveats in Dr. Hennessy's thoughtful essay, though, underscored why selective colleges have never linked enrollments to demographic ups and downs.
By bringing a wide variety of different organisations together in the Grenelle environment forum, he underscored why the task of saving the planet must transcend party political differences.
With charts and references to long-term studies, Mr. Heckman underscored why families matter and attributed the widening gap between the advantaged and disadvantaged to deficits in skills and abilities that begin with inadequate early childhood development.
In Monday's news release, Mr. Musk underscored why GAAP profitability matters: "There have been many car start-ups over the past several decades, but profitability is what makes a company real".
If anything, several legal experts said, the decision merely affirmed the Eighth Circuit's conservative reputation — and underscored why the N.B.A. players union should seek a different court if it files an antitrust lawsuit.
He said that it underscored why the Chilcott inquiry must be seen to be a robust investigation: "It's important that the inquiry is not a whitewash as these inquiries often are".
But this was not exactly Mr. Trump's natural habitat, and what was absent from his speech underscored why he would be compelled to speak to a Christian conservative audience so late in the campaign.
As he struggled to fix a broken tractor by the side of the road, Donald Hall underscored why South Carolina is sometimes called "Bush country," but also why Gov. George W. Bush of Texas may be vulnerable here.
