41.   It is also evidence of the growing importance of liberal Catholics in Europe, who are the major backers of the liberal agenda.

42.   Its success is testament in part to the growing importance of the HIV-positive population as a largely prosperous and expanding niche market.

43.   Massachusetts Republicans say they too sense the growing importance of the state primary.

44.   One example is the growing importance of statistics to measure the safety and effectiveness of new therapies and to compare them with older ones.

45.   Relegated during the presidential campaign to a second-tier issue, the environment has emerged in Washington as a topic of growing importance.

46.   Reflecting their growing importance, nonprescription drugs figured prominently in a number of recent big pharmaceutical company deals.

47.   That disagreement, as well as the growing importance of the multibillion-dollar tribal casino business, makes eventual Supreme Court review highly likely.

48.   The agreement heralds the growing importance of New York as a vital center for new media.

49.   The campaign underscores the growing importance of corporate branding campaigns to supplement sales pitches that peddle individual products.

50.   The campaign is indicative of the growing importance of consumer research, known as planning, in the creation of advertising.