Peter Quinn Rupert Friendd) is still around, but he's a closed-off guy who is almost defined by the fact that we don't know much about him.
The UK, meanwhile, is almost defined by its differences and diversity; which is no bad thing, but makes a strong political brand that much harder to craft.
Let's take as our first example Robert Wise – a hugely successful Hollywood jack-of-all-trades whose career was almost entirely defined by a frantic veering between the glorious and the dreadful.
Her platform was almost exclusively defined by striving towards a peace agreement with the Palestinians.
However, for most, their world had contracted to the point where it was almost entirely defined by the dyadic relationship and caring task, and interactions with family and friends were largely confined to the small and select number of individuals who provided utilitarian and, to some extent, emotional support to the primary carer.
Hating Richard Nixon was almost the defining feature of American liberalism during his glory years.But light struggled with dark in Nixon's soul.
"Sadly there are still too many examples of programmes poking fun at gay people, or suggesting that we're almost entirely defined by our sexual orientation.
Some officials in the White House, State Department, Pentagon and Central Intelligence Agency argue that the threat has been almost exclusively defined by technological abilities and that the emerging analysis discounts political, economic and social factors that could make a threat less likely.
Life in any community is almost always defined by rituals: participating in them, shunning them, protecting them, carving out private space in which to enact singular versions, or subversions, of them.
In an election that until this point has been almost totally defined by the economy's struggles, the abrupt return of the culture wars has introduced a volatile new element.
