French rap has often distinguished itself in its outspoken criticism of the state; President Nicolas Sarkozy and the police, both deeply unpopular among urban youth, have been favorite targets.
In poetics, metaphor is often distinguished from simile in that it asserts properties of one entity in terms of another entity without the use of "like" or "as" ("My boss is a dragon" vs. "My boss is like a dragon").
It is this newly discovered and powerful commitment to a Europe free of the ethnic hatred and prejudice that often distinguished the Continent in the past that appears to lie behind the vehement stand against Mr Haider.
One way nightmares are often distinguished from dreams is in whether the dream causes a person to wake -- whether out of fear, or to put an end to the dream.
(Grammatical gender refers to the classes of nouns and pronouns in languages, often distinguished as masculine versus feminine, like he versus she in English.
Craft beer, made in small batches, is often distinguished by the creativity of brew masters in using local, seasonal ingredients.
The Konos, however, have often distinguished themselves by their boldness in politics, and by the strong contrasts between them.
Later poets and aestheticians often distinguished poetry from, and defined it in opposition to prose, which was generally understood as writing with a proclivity to logical explication and a linear narrative structure.
For example, young people involved in the study often distinguished between their rational understandings of the mental health problems, symptoms, and causes, and, at the same time, their feelings of being trapped in emotions such as shame.
Luminaries of that age were often distinguished not only by a genius in particular fields of interest, but also by their ability to traverse different fields of specialisation, and to sometimes recognise their interconnections.
