The harsh ruling against the Blues underscores how hockey players have less mobility than their colleagues in baseball.

"Today's ruling," Ms. Shubert said, "really underscores the need for the city finally to take some meaningful, active role in developing new single-room-occupancy housing."

The Court's ruling underscored the importance of nominations to the Supreme Court and other Federal judgeships.

He also said the ruling underscored "our freedom to celebrate our heritage without interference."

But the ruling underscored the difficulty of substantiating such deductions when business and social purposes are so tightly interwoven.

More important, the prosecutors said the ruling underscored the need to fix the state penal law.

The ruling, it added, "underscores just how important it is for all policyholders to carefully read and understand the terms of the coverage they purchase."

But the ruling does underscore the swiftly changing fortunes of Seagram and Viacom.

However, the ruling underscores the need of facilitating market access for newcomers and of respecting consumer interests.

But to the Municipal Art Society, a civic group that spearheaded the suit over the sale, the ruling simply underscores obvious principles of sound land use.