1.   Such stern reactions from consumers underscore the difficulties Japanese companies have in repairing sullied images.

2.   The market reaction underscores one of the other overriding issues of the battle.

3.   The reaction underscored fears that if the Government is unable to stimulate the economy, conditions may worsen before they improve.

4.   The reaction underscored fears that if the government was unable to stimulate the economy, conditions might worsen before they improve.

5.   The reaction underscored both the strong emotions and widespread public confusion that surrounds cloning and stem cell research.

6.   While that may have been a bit extreme, the reaction underscores the profound anxieties here about romances between Korean women and foreign men.

7.   But the reaction underscores how Germans from the two halves are still struggling to follow the same tune, eight years after unification.

8.   His reaction underscored how politically sensitive the single currency project is.

9.   The angry reaction underscores the respected position of higher education in Chinese society.