However, two events - one personal, the other public - were to have a profound influence upon the course of the show and the characterisation of its dark heart, Vic Mackey.
A spokesman for the City of London corporation disputed the figures and the characterisation of its work as lobbying, instead suggesting that it merely "argues the case for London".
The nuances of the narrative and the characterisation of the various gangsters and their seedy sidekicks were at first lost amid all those intricately detailed 1920s costumes and props, including the giant set of the Atlantic City boardwalk.
But his father passed on an interest in Jewish and British history, taking the young Schama on boat trips along the Thames as he spoke about Disraeli and the characterisation of Jews in English literature.
In February 1989 the Communist leadership endorsed in principle the multi-party system and the characterisation of the October 1956 revolution as a "popular uprising", rather than, as earlier, a counter-revolutionary coup.
Tess's relationship with her father and mother was also incredibly well written, and the characterisation of the often dislikable Jack was brilliant: his chapters and lines were drenched with this arrogance, but then the little specks of care would shine through, and I was never quite sure whether I liked him or hated him.
An example is given of engravings and the characterisation of their depth (see Fig. 6).
Our investigations, and the characterisation of the new materials, are described herein.
Consequences for the long-term mechanical properties and the characterisation of these materials are discussed.
Future developments must address the understanding of protein protein interactions and the characterisation of the dynamic proteome.
The choice of the locations was never justified by the applicants and the characterisation of the locations insufficient to judge their representativeness for European agronomic conditions.
