His continuing TV role, Manhattan district attorney Arthur Branch, is little more than a stock character.

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There's nothing mysterious about the Once-ler now reduced to stock character No. 14-B (young man eager to prove to his unloving mother that he can be a success).

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Americans in general still have trouble thinking of a gypsy as a member of an ethnic group, rather than a stock character in a film set in Transylvania.

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Typically when I see a stock display a change in character I take notice and begin to put it on the radar.

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Bryant was considered the top wide receiver in the 2010 draft, and he was originally projected to go among the first ten picks before character concerns hurt his draft stock.

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When we calculate the net worth of each fictional character, we base our calculations on real world commodity and stock prices.

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And in my chorizo-and-shrimp rice, a dish inspired by my travels in Spain, kelp stock magnifies the umami impact of the sausage and shellfish and the briny character of the clam juice that the rice simmers in.

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The anonymous satirist who runs "The Secret Diary of Fake Steve Jobs" started hitting up his readers for money-making ideas just weeks after being named to Business 2.0's list of "50 Who Matter Now, " even while, in character as Apple Chief Steve Jobs, he boasted about Apple's huge stock gains.

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" Amid reports of cheering at the financial exchanges as news circulated of Spitzer's difficulties, the Daily Telegraph quoted Ken Langone, a former director of the New York Stock Exchange, as saying: "I have never had any doubt about his lack of character and integrity--and he's proven me correct.

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