41.   But a Fox victory could please U.S. officials who see it as an important advance in Mexican democracy.

42.   But the ability to find small flaws that explain retardation in some patients, if confirmed by further studies, is still an important advance, he said.

43.   Dr. James Haddow of the Foundation for Blood Research in Scarborough, Maine, said the new technique of earlier screening represents an important advance.

44.   Dr. Nancy Alexander of the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development said the discovery of ZRK could be an important advance toward a new contraceptive approach.

45.   Dr. W. French Anderson, a University of Southern California researcher and a pioneer in the field, said the new research is an important advance in gene therapy.

46.   European officials hosting the meeting were also cautious about the prospect of the talks leading to any important advance in the peace process.

47.   Experts said the work is an important advance in research into new concepts for controlling other mosquito-carried diseases.

48.   Experts say this discovery is probably the most important advance in stroke care to date.

49.   Extending the use of topiramate to pediatric patients is an important advance for treatment of children with epilepsy, said officials of the Epilepsy Foundation.

50.   Lloyd, addressing a parliamentary group, said the court was an important advance in international justice, human rights and preventing future conflicts.