Habibie, while a fascinating character, does not match that description.

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The firm's assets included a factory of antique character with a staff to match.

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It was operatic in its dramatic arc, yet also communal in the way that the excellent soloists, each with a different personality and vocal character, seemingly chosen to match that of their arias, stepped out of the choir for solos and then merged back into it.

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The second set also proved a test of character for the unseeded Spaniard, after a match point against the title winner of 2007 and 2008 went begging with the set at 5-3.

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Another way of avoiding the tennis-match effect is to refer to what is happening or to how a character is feeling before reporting the speech.

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