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On Sunday morning, the patrons in the bar could have been hired out of central casting.
WSJ: The Perfect English Country Inn
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While Cain holds the lead, the two characters from central casting, Perry and Romney, continue to treat him as a bit player.
FORBES: How to Succeed Without Really Trying
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MI5 officers that she had to work with were blimpish, monocled fools from central casting, snoozing through the afternoon after a heavy lunch at the club.
ECONOMIST: Stella Rimington makes an unlikely feminist icon
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The white, middle-aged man appeared to come straight from the California GOP's central casting, but Mr. Vidak is more salt-of-the-earth than many of his new compatriots in Sacramento.
WSJ: Allysia Finley: A Farmers' Rebellion Lifts the California GOP
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If there is a central casting bureau for personal development gurus, leadership trainers, and self-help authors, then the casting director seems to be handing out the same script: focus on goals!
FORBES: What If We Focused On 'Learning' Goals Rather Than 'Achieving' Them?
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And hits a snag, in the form of Alexei, a crime boss straight out of central casting (black shirt, white tie, dark glasses and driving an outsize jeep with tinted windows).
ECONOMIST: A krisha over your head
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Gabriel Hammond is a fund manager from central casting.
FORBES: Magazine Article
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He booted his CEO, a smooth guy out of central casting, a good fit for a company evolving toward service, and replaced him with Lew Platt, a real short-sleeves product guy, just like Dave and Bill.
FORBES: Digital rules
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Was central casting on strike?
ECONOMIST: Are you, or have you ever been, a capitalist?
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And so to see this man, this senator, this powerful, accomplished person who wasn't out of central casting when it came to what you'd think a senator might look like at the time, and the way he commanded the respect of an entire nation I think it hinted to me what might be possible in my own life.
WHITEHOUSE: The White House
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Our central bankers are casting worried glances at Japan's debilitating deflationary experience of the past 12 years and are anxiously wondering if we're in for the same.
FORBES: Fact and Comment
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The garments even play the central role in certain rituals, such as the ceremonial casting of royal batik into a volcano.
UNESCO: Culture