The two towns have been bitter rivals for centuries: as in practically all corners of Italy, familiarity breeds contempt, manifested in what is known as campanilismo, literally "belltower-ism", intense, chauvinistic pride in collective self, and equally pronounced loathing for the nearby other.
Mr. Giuliani is front and center as an example of a candidate offering glib self-certification — pronouncing his services "ethical, lawful, decent" — in place of plain information.
The second draws on conversations between Jones and one of his nephews, Lance Theodore Briggs, a self-described "pretty boy gangster thug" torn between his creative impulses and a pronounced self-destructive streak.
The soft drink giants -- bitter rivals who had joined force in mutual self-interest -- pronounced themselves vindicated, saying the government called their products "perfectly safe".
Even as a teenager, Ms. Lane's demure self-assurance was pronounced enough for George Roy Hill, the director of "A Little Romance," to describe her as the new Grace Kelly.
As an example, reactive mixtures with bromobutyl rubber were prepared which exhibited pronounced self-healing properties.
The corresponding TEAS L407P mutant, when expressed as a full length protein, showed pronounced self-alkylation at Asp444.
He had pronounced self-esteem issues, constantly putting himself down and berating himself for poor performance in school (e.g. even when he received a 97% on a spelling test).
The effect of self-expansion is particularly pronounced when people first fall in love.
I watched him the other day and I felt mature"—she pronounced it, self-consciously, "ma-tyoooer".
From the pleasure he took in reading it to me, it's clear that he identified as deeply with Crusoe as he did with Jean Valjean (which, in his self-taught way, he pronounced "Gene Val Gene").
