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emphasize

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To utter or pronounce with a particular stress of voice; to make emphatic; as, to emphasize a word or a phrase.

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I emphasize in it [my Orientalism] accortdingly that neither the term Orient nor the concept of the West has any ontological stability; each is made up of human effort, partly affirmation, partly identification of the Other. Edward Said

The toughest thing about the power of trust is that it's very difficult to build and very easy to destroy. The essence of trust building is to emphasize the similarities between you and the customer. Thomas J. Watson

I want to emphasize the necessity for a sound mathematical basis for any fundamental physical theory. Any philosophical ideas that one may have play only a subordinate role. Unless such ideas have a mathematical basis they will be ineffective. Paul Dirac

Again I want to emphasize that the study of propaganda must be conducted within the context of a technological society. Propaganda is called upon to solve problems created by technology, to play on maladjustments, and to integrate the individual into a technological world. Jacques Ellul

The point of art is to emphasize some elements at the expense of others. Daniel Levitin

Europe has a press that stresses opinions; America a press, radio, and television that emphasize news. James Reston

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