His potent new album, "Heritage," underscores that impression, even as it changes the context around him.
It also underscores the impression that the people onstage are visual aids in a hipster's sermon.
The door to his reception room is kept locked, which underscores the impression that business unknown to the public is conducted within.
But in the aftermath of that performance, the loose lip-synching in the video underscores the impression of a singer who isn't fully engaged with the song, or fully in control of her self-presentation.
King, who has also talked about the need to keep an eye on Muslim Americans (including, as it happens, Weiner's wife, Huma Abedin, who he once suggested, on no basis, had ties to the Muslim Brotherhood), does not help; he underscores the impression that Republicans will be pleased if immigration reform fails.
The PBS documentary underscores the impression that the Rockefeller family has always wanted (but has not always been able) to have it both ways: to be rich and good, to be powerful and beneficent, humble and lordly -- to be carrying out God's will while living well.
Underscoring that impression, Mr. Barak's associates said this weekend that he has considered calling a national referendum on a framework peace agreement.
The behavioral analysis underscored this notion.
The mood of Americans over the past year have only underscored that impression.
Lest one miss the point, more than half the chapters open with a bank statement, underscoring the impression that plot and character development might be tracked via account balance.
