While some economists said they suspected exports might have been underreported, others said the new data underscored the weakness of the Philippine economy compared with its Asian neighbors.

The new data underscored what had previously been surmised: that the 1990 census tended to miss people living in low-income areas populated by members of minority groups.

Like Ms. Armstrong, Mr. Moss said that the new data underscore the need for improvements in public transportation in the suburbs.

No one can deny what economic data and the stock market have underscored all year: people have money, and feel great about spending it.

This preliminary data underscores the priority the Administration and the SBA have placed on increasing small businesses access to federal contracts so that they can grow and create jobs.

The first industrywide data since the Sept. 11th terrorist attack underscore that retailing is more than ever a tale of two types of stores: the discounters and everyone else.

The data underscore the broad public interest in this thinly-veiled piece of Internet censorship legislation: 138,917 Americans from every state and the District of Columbia viewed the markup.

In any case, the new data underscores that race is an elastic concept that changes depending on when, how and where you ask the question: What race are you?

For us, the new national data underscore the need to fend off complacency even as we reach record screening numbers.

These data underscore the importance of reaching all infected individuals with HIV testing and prevention services.