Often proponents and opponents of water privatization emphasize those examples, studies, methods and indicators that support their respective point of view.

While federal flood control money is assured, the state's continuing share for highway construction will depend on future legislatures, opponents emphasize.

A television program in Egypt last week stoked the sense of hopefulness, with Mr. Netanyahu's opponents emphasizing their determination to reinvigorate the quest for peace.

However, opponents of this model emphasize that only one example of such a dense planet is not proof.

Mr. Zimmer and his Democratic opponent, Representative Robert G. Torricelli, have repeatedly emphasized their support for environmental protection and criticized each other's environmental record.

His Republican opponent, Jim Rappaport, a millionaire real estate developer and lawyer, emphasized Mr. Kerry's ties to the retiring Governor.

Three of the six would enshrine the new wage in the state constitution, which seems a strange place to discuss inflation indexing (a point that opponents are emphasizing, perhaps realizing that the old scare tactics aren't enough).

The opponents emphasized that the measure would apply even to close relatives.

In 2001, Mr. Khatami's most serious opponent, Ahmad Tavakoli, also emphasized economic issues and the need to battle corruption.

Senator Jean Carnahan, a Missouri Democrat whose Republican opponent this year has emphasized the issue, said she and others were drafting an amendment that would increase exempt assets to $4 million.