His characters barely qualify as characters; various familiar types are represented -- the Clark Clawyer-fixer lawyer-fixer, the idealistic young C.I.A. analyst, the capable but cynical agency veteran, the ruthlessly ambitious journalist, the burned-out Vietnam vet, the Southern senator -- but they never get beyond the generic, they never breathe.
Mr. Rosenthal argued that his client's book, which includes several new characters, qualified as a form of literary criticism because it provoked questions about the nature of Mr. Salinger's book.
Parrot, his feisty English secretary, is almost 50 and has the kind of dizzying, Dickensian résumé that often qualifies a character for employment in one of Peter Carey's books.
We had stayed in touch as he went on to serve as senator and vice president, and I was glad to help him, believing he was well qualified — by experience, character, temperament and intelligence — to be president.
Because clearly I'm only qualified to write female characters.
And she never could have qualified for a Lena Dunham character — she was far too fastidious.
But he said she met a time-honored standard for judicial nominees: that they be qualified and of good character.
"But this play was cast in New York City and in Hartford, and you can't tell me that there weren't qualified Latino actors to play characters who are Puerto Rican".
Although his track record is not free of blemish ICICI suffered a wobble during the financial crisis in 2008 he is well qualified, a burly but eloquent character with a strong vision about the role of technology in society.
Duralde believed that Mitra's character would have qualified as a "memorable fierce chick" if the film was not so silly.
