What was Pym about, to have so pointedly mentioned it?

He mentioned pointedly that he was investigating the Martin Black case.

He pointedly mentioned revenue-raising and budget-tightening measures due to go before the Duma, Parliament's lower house, on Friday.

Both pointedly mentioned his accusers by name, including a former national prosecutor general, Yuri I. Skuratov.

"I have heard from the mayor's office and I have had several communications," Mr. Levy said, pointedly not mentioning the mayor himself.

However, Mr. Volcker pointedly mentioned that some parties handling the debt problem are suffering from "battle fatigue."

The letters pointedly mentioned Alaska.

Her city pension, she mentioned pointedly, means that she can walk away from "Judge Judy" if she becomes bored with it.

Wesley deduces that Bethany has been sexually abused; when he pointedly mentions her father she loses control, sending both him and Angel flying through the air.

By contrast, while Mr. Obama flatly said at one point, "I am pro-Israel," he also pointedly mentioned the Palestinians.