1.   A series of disasters has underscored the point.

2.   In addition, it gives credibility to your message while underscoring your point.

3.   Social-science research on stepparent families has underscored the point that biological ties are surprisingly difficult to duplicate.

4.   This fact underscores a point that is central to any discussion of how population growth impinges on the natural environment.

5.   As if to underscore that point, Bush declared a moratorium on new federal regulations immediately after taking office.

6.   As if to underscore the point that private conduct does not predict the ability to govern, we elected the allegedly philandering Clinton.

7.   As if to underscore that point, both banks this monthreported healthy profits.

8.   As if to underscore the point, he heard a knock on the door a few minutes later and let in a woman with her teen-age daughter.

9.   As if to underscore the point, people driving away from the Aspen conference could see giant spools of fiber optic cable along the mountain roads.