Worse, though, have been the decades of sad tabloid antics and cheeseball bush-league corruption on the part of minor Windsors, Windsor spouses, and Windsor ex-spouses — though it's not as if previous royal houses were composed exclusively of admirable characters devoted above all to the public good.
Raja Halwani writes that Homer's "love of life" is an admirable character trait, "for many people are tempted to see in Homer nothing but buffoonery and immorality.
KG: And what we fought for and ultimately kept was the idea of not such an admirable character, at least to start out with.
Armed with the highly scientific methodology of identifying EDM fans through visual signifiers like neon clothing and just feeling out a vibe, we tracked down six THUMPable festival goers who schooled us on the admirable character of lingering DJs, politically-charged pooping, and that mayyyybe the line between electronic and not-tronic culture isn't quite so cut and dry.
Think of Steve Dallas, the incorruptible jazz guitarist in Sweet Smell of Success - possibly the only admirable character in that labyrinth of sleazy noir.
Yet one of its admirable characters is a conscientious objector who refuses to fight, but not to help, even risking his life for Hannay.
Thus, a third of the way through his novel, Roth kills off its most admirable character, in a scene of comedy as well as tears.
"Mr Romney is a man of admirable personal character, but his political profile is, well, protean," they write.
And not an entirely admirable character in every way, a kind of real estate speculator and—.
Delaney's heroism is honored through an award for one of the NFL's best running backs who also demonstrates admirable character and unselfishness, traits that were embodied by Delaney.
