On Monday, during closing arguments, assistant US attorney John Cronan underscored the importance of Abu Ghaith's post 9/11 status.
The Liberal Democrats, hardly mentioned in the debate, also claimed it had revealed nothing but a rabble, and had underscored the need for the centrist Nick Clegg to be involved in any future coalition.
Yet few doubt the snub is real and grumbling continues from Gulf states about what they see as major flaws in a nearly complete deal to reign in Iran's nuclear potential – a misgiving underscored on the eve of the Camp David talks by reports that GCC members intend to match Tehran's continued ability to enrich uranium fuel.
Fears about the health of the world's second-biggest economy were underscored over the weekend as the central bank cut interest rates for the third time in six months.
The New York Times goes all melodramatic on the matter: The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office underscored the stakes in a report Thursday that framed Washington's dilemma.
Politicians and entrepreneurs who have opposed Putin have been treated harshly, underscored by the long imprisonment of billionaire Mikhail Khodorkovsky.
A ComRes poll on Sunday underscored the scale of the problem.
Their continuing detention was the result of a snarled political, bureaucratic and diplomatic process that underscored the continuing difficulty of closing the notorious detention center.
Abbott said he understood the anger felt by many Australians over the death sentence, but underscored the importance of Australia's relationship with Indonesia.
The perils facing migrants from Africa and the Middle East trying to get to Europe across the Mediterranean has been underscored once again with another deadly shipwreck off the Libyan coast, in which as many as 700 people are feared dead.
The sense of confusion was underscored by the resignation of the chairman of Bank of Cyprus, apparently because no one had discussed the bank's forced restructuring with its management.
