21.   The National Rifle Association said the study underlined the importance of enforcing current gun-control laws.

22.   The president said the arrests underline the importance of his policy of engaging China.

23.   The scrutiny in Salt Lake has underlined the importance of a future bid city being a trusted host to corporate headquarters.

24.   Pochinok made his comments at a meeting of tax officials at which acting Prime Minister Sergei Kiriyenko underlined the importance of progress on revenues.

25.   Australia has successively sent senior officials to Hong Kong underlining the importance that Canberra attaches to its relations with the Special Administrative Region.

26.   British Foreign Secretary Robin Cook said Wednesday that the Kosovo turmoil underlines the importance of European Union expansion.

27.   But, she underlined the importance of looking at the incidents from a psychological perspective as neither of the alleged attackers were criminals.

28.   Cardoso underlined the importance of the Panama canal for the development of the continent and of international commerce and navigation.

29.   Delegation leader Gen. Fang Zuqi underlined the importance of sub-regional peace and urged West African nations to help themselves rather than rely on foreign support.

30.   Grossman told Ecevit that Washington wants a change of government in Baghdad, the Turkish officials said, and Ecevit underlined the importance of maintaining stability in the region.