31.   Chief among those shifts, Dixon said, was the growing importance of satellites in the delivery of television programs.

32.   Creation of the patent portfolio and the decision to allow it demonstrate the growing importance of patents as a commodity, particularly in technology industries.

33.   Few if any countries understand the growing importance of water as fully as Turkey does.

34.   He wanted to alert Bill Clinton to the growing importance of Arab American voters.

35.   He may have become overly flattered by his growing importance on the national scene, some suggest.

36.   His success reflects the growing importance of art design in advertising and marketing.

37.   If the Texas debate takes place, they said, it would be yet another indicator of the growing importance of the Latino vote in American politics.

38.   In a sign of the growing importance of operations outside the realm of traditional advertising, three giant agency companies are expanding in interactive marketing and media services.

39.   Indeed, says Zollo, it is the growing importance of independent filmmakers and distributors that explains the increase in theater-based movies.

40.   It has a growing importance in the business of motion picture production.