"I consider this an important endorsement of our views!"

Mr. Hevesi also has some important endorsements, which could help him get his vote out.

Several new ministers come with important endorsements from their party blocs in Congress.

He won some political support among Republicans, picking up a few important endorsements along the way that helped legitimize him in the race.

But the company got an important endorsement today from the Netscape Communications Corporation.

Their sparring came as a number of important endorsements began falling into place.

The comments and recommendations are an important endorsement of our drive towards commercial viability.

The move is an important endorsement of Apollo's system, which though introduced in early 1987 has gained widespread acceptance only recently.

"This is a very important endorsement," she said.

Even so, he and other analysts said they saw Oracle's entry into the market as an important endorsement of the concept.