1.   Kurdish leaders saw the visit as an important signal of support.

2.   And symmetry is an important signal of good genes, virility and fertility.

3.   Bellingham city officials, many of whom have lobbied actively for greater oversight since the accident, said the record fine sends an important signal.

4.   But board members and other union leaders said the vote sends an important signal.

5.   But Gramm said the cut is an important signal to Americans that taxes belong to average citizens and needs to be returned to them.

6.   But they said enactment of a bill was an important signal to send to travelers, stockholders, and potential terrorists.

7.   Darrell M. West, a political science professor at Brown University, said the ties are an important signal for the upcoming presidential primary.

8.   Cummings said that the surgery may shut down the ghrelin-making cells by preventing them from being exposed to food, an important signal.

9.   It also sends an important signal to Congress, which has two opportunities to address the problem.

10.   It hopes to make a deal with the International Monetary Fund by mid-May, unfreezing credits suspended last fall, an important signal to foreign investors.