Other experts also say the emphasis on fraudulent vote counts has obscured more important issues, such as abuses of campaign-finance regulations.

The scholarly and political emphasis on single motherhood often obscures discussion of the poverty that exists in two-parent families.

All this emphasis on repertory obscures the gradual changes in his playing itself in recent years.

The study argues that the emphasis on quantitative coverage obscures the measures required for scaling up health care.

Yet many in the industry are wary about the trend, arguing that the emphasis on such materials can obscure the merits of the books.

This emphasis, however, partly obscures a larger point.

His emphasis on "resurgent racism" as a cause of the black plight obscures the complexity he highlights elsewhere.

This emphasis on visual fanciness also obscures and softens the true horror of the child's situation.

The recent emphasis on the act as a means of property tax relief has obscured the purpose of the law, Dr. Boose said.

That emphasis on humble character obscures the film's deeper message.