That point was underscored when "The X Factor" attracted about 12.5 million viewers in its debut — strong by almost any standards, but below the sky-high expectations for the singing competition.
The weakness in the global economy was underscored by reports published Thursday about the balance of trade in the United States and China.
The poll's success in predicting the 1936 election, though it underrated Roosevelt's popular vote by about 7percentt, was underscored by the fact that a straw vote carried out by The Literary Digest, an influential magazine of the day, had wrongly indicated that Mr. Landon would win.
The importance of Telegram was underscored when Edward Snowden's revelations about NSA and PRISM were first made public in June.
The contrast in views about the suspects was underscored on Wednesday in United States District Court in Central Islip.
Khamenei's silence about defending Assad was underscored by a subsequent report from the semi-official Fars news agency on a speech delivered by General Mohammad Ali Jafari, chief of the Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps.
Romneys seeming embarrassment about being rich was underscored by his capital gains tax proposal: Those making less than $200,000 a year would not be subject to a capital gains levy; those above that levelwhich is where most of the capital iswould be taxed.
To let, in a way, that respect and, yes, that caring, follow the advice to reduce the use of medication.' Letting the patient talk about their concerns was underscored by GPs as important: 'To be taken seriously to get time, to be allowed to talk about what you struggle with — because what they have is a problem.
This line was underscored faintly in pencil.
(On Thursday, when Mr. Mubarak was supposed to resign and didn't, cable news programs were underscored with crawls about Kelsey Grammer's divorce and Jennifer Hudson's weight).
