That is now the charge that has been laid on the table: that the essential character of the bank has changed.

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At no stage will I dilute its inherent strengths and essential character.

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The essential character of those devices, and even a very basic idea we now take for granted, that those devices can have a character all that was defined by one person more than any other: Steve Jobs.

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Tampa, the state's largest media market, continues to grow but retains much of its essential political character.

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Character is essential to leadership and so educators are wise to focus on developing it in kids.

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What is on display before the world's eyes is not only a community's response to a disaster but an exhibition of something essential to the Oklahoma character.

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It went on: "If this extra income does not rise at least at the same rate as student and staff numbers then it will be difficult to maintain the premium services that the university and colleges provide (and which are essential to preserve the character of Cambridge)".

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Actually, I think passion - intensity of feeling, action and expression - has always been an essential part of the national character on this island.

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An essential spirit of rugged individualism forged foundations of our American character and institutions.

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