In their own way, conservative attitudes toward sex and marriage underscore, rather than undermine, the emergence of the age of autonomy.
It's a tenuous thesis that is not well served by Lebedoff's method; his treatment of Waugh as a gifted stylist and Orwell as a truth-peddler tends to underscore rather than challenge their dissimilarities.
Music plays a recognizable role in film, working to underscore rather than overpower the actors' performances.
This common sense approach to managing the changed work conditions that have increased pressure on GPs serves to underscore rather than undermine their commitment to their patients and profession.
Artists generally don't like being summed up by "isms" (who would?), but "Dancing With the Dark" underscores rather than challenges this formulation.
Now Cottonelle is introducing a campaign that uses humor to address the embarrassment surrounding adult wipes, and to underscore that, rather than substituting wipes for dry toilet paper, consumers typically use them in tandem.
Emphasis shifted from the display of individual virtuosity and personal creativity to performance as an ensemble, and the use of short songs underscored the separation, rather than the traditional union, of composer and performer.
Mr. Muti seemed content to stress the work's Classical elegance rather than underscoring its revolutionary aspects, but he drew a fine rustic character from the horns in the Scherzo.
For all the indie talk it is instructive that midway through Sundance, some festivalgoers cheered when the news hit that "Winter's Bone" and "The Kids Are All Right" had been nominated for the best picture Oscar, as if these nods somehow affirmed Sundance's good taste rather than underscoring its place in the cinematic mainstream.
Otherwise, Mr. Barenboim tended toward leisurely tempos, particularly in the Fourth Symphony and the Second Concerto, where his pacing underscored Beethoven's philosophical (rather than visceral) grandeur.
