The evidence at the centre of the appeal would have been "but one further facet of bad character in this case of which the jury had a great deal".

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But they are sort of the character, on the one we were talking about the lethal injection case, they sort of narrowly resolve the issue before the court, without creating big waves.

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The original Clouseau is not, in any case, a character but a collection of brilliant routines by the late English genius, and Steve Martin bravely does those numbers with as great a comic nimbleness as could be wished.

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McAuliffe's instructions, his sentencing and his denial of bail were all thoroughly out of character, particularly when you consider that another federal court, in a case involving an activity similar to that charged against Tobin, ruled that it was not a violation of federal telephone harassment laws.

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Before this case he had been considered "a man of previous exemplary good character", he said.

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Reynolds Tobacco Company in a commercial speech case filed by the Federal Trade Commission which challenged their use of the cartoon character, Joe Camel, as an unfair trade practice to target children with the fun-loving character.

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As is often the case with such fervent opposition, a person's view of Brahms depended less on the actual character of his music than on how it was described or pigeon-holed.

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