11.  Already the development of a Web site, WNYC.org, has become an important new way to give programming a lengthy shelf life and attract another audience.

12.  And companies have also shortened the length of their summer internship programs, which are an important way to recruit future employees, business school career advisers say.

13.  And even with the strengths and weaknesses built into any survey, it succeeds in important ways.

14.  And once your personal circle hit critical mass, the Net suddenly became an important way for you to stay in touch with the ones you love.

15.  And still others say that in the most important way, the case will never be resolved.

16.  And the government is working better in important ways.

17.  And with this growth, no company has done as much as GE to change the airline and aircraft manufacturing industries in subtle but important ways.

18.  Another important way in which Havens blurs the lines is by stamping everything with the same sorrowful emotional urgency.

19.  Anxious to turn around the flagging fortunes of Ayer Inc., its four new top managers are remaking the venerable agency in several important ways.

20.  Angry voters have taken to limiting the power of their state lawmakers in other important ways as well.