As we approached 42nd Street/Times Square, the subway conductor announced emphatically, "Next stop, 42nd Street/Times Square... crossroads of the world!
Stage and film work followed, but Gillen's arrival was announced most emphatically in 1993 with Safe, Antonia Bird's BBC2 film about London's homeless youngsters.
Just three months after his final League One appearance, against Yeovil, he was nutmegging Real Madrid's Luka Modric in a pre-season friendly before announcing himself emphatically three weeks later at Leicester, scoring Spurs' equaliser.
With their relatively new lineups of eager spenders and heavy hitters, the Dodgers seem bent on emphatically announcing themselves, over and over.
That year's world championships brought three gold and two silver medals, and emphatically announced Cole as a contender again in Rio.
But the heart of the Yankees' lineup, intimidating as it is, was suddenly pushed aside in the middle of the game when the team's top prospect, the imposing-looking Jesus Montero, emphatically announced his arrival in the major leagues with a loud swing of the bat, a trot around the bases and a curtain call from the roaring crowd.
Obama's visit was treated with unprecedented enthusiasm, with top Filipino officials emphatically announcing a new era in Philippine-U.S. bilateral alliance.
But when a conference panelist announced loudly and emphatically that print is dead and in virtually the same breath recounted the fabulous and ongoing sales of her recently published book, her credibility went straight out the window.
Others announce that the cashier does not accept cash, and more emphatically, "DOES NOT FURNISH IMMIGRATION INFORMATION".
Slowly and emphatically he announced, "Madam, this is an antique shop, not a coffee shop".
