All the actors involved turn in first-rate performances, but much of the success of the film depends on the believability of Allen's character as she discovers passion and dares to be different.

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Navigating between the Scylla of Sony and the Charybdis of Microsoft and accused of relying too heavily on its stable of retro-friendly character franchises, Nintendo built upon its maverick strategy success with the Nintendo DS to buck the trend of the graphics wars.

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However, Julian Knowles QC, defending, accused the prosecution of stereotyping Ms Pryce's character, arguing that a person's success and intelligence did not make them immune to pressure.

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The success of The Heretic in Spain may have less to do with Salcedo's character than it does with its recreation of the vanished Protestant milieu of the period, which was quickly suppressed and is harder to find than Spain's Moorish and Jewish past.

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Mr Moeklebust said the production was inspired by the roaring success of a firewood book by Lars Mytting, Hel Ved - which translates as Strong Character, and is also a pun on ved - the Norwegian for firewood.

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Could the Mini Cooper be such a success partly because its "face" reminds some people of a friendly cartoon character?

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Mobley, my mentor and founder of the IBM Executive School, endlessly repeated that values, attitudes, and character traits are far more critical to success than skills and knowledge.

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