Either way, the marking indicates that a note should receive emphasis.
There are several reasons why it received greater emphasis as the years went by.
Questions of prestige, irrational though they might be, received new emphasis when more people identified themselves with the nation.
As a large woman, Nixon's size has received disproportionate emphasis in the media.
Public programming for adults and children received major emphasis.
And the serve, not being a weapon on clay, didn't receive as much emphasis.
The liturgical year also received increased emphasis, with prayers included from the service books of other churches.
In the county hospitals, however, traditional medicine received greater emphasis.
Believe me, subjects like that do not receive emphasis in the Church these days!
The last of these received the most emphasis from my Dutch friends.