They are our parents and grandparents who personified the best in all of us.
But for many nationalists, they represent little more than sectarian bigotry and Protestant "coat-trailing" personified.
Mallard Fillmore is a personified duck who works as a conservative reporter for a D.
He can take heart from Argentines' rejection of the old guard, personified by Mr Menem.
Katie has Down syndrome and is happiness personified, but she can also be stubborn and defiant.
Gladstone, a formidable reformer, personified an era when the British Empire was the great world power.
During the go-go years building up to the so-called mortgage crisis, they were arrogance personified.
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"The Philadelphia" takes you to a place where American cities are personified by various difficulties.
And no one personified the new, acceptable image of Afrikaners better than Mr Cronje.
Hamilton was diplomacy personified, saying it was a "shame" Alonso was no longer with McLaren.
The EU's antipathy towards Israel as personified in Ashton's behavior teaches us two important lessons.
But doesn't that only mean he felt like a son before this personified spirit?
In turn, the potential drama is further intensified because the institution is personified by Jamie Dimon.
Classical techno equipment is personified by male Wall-E, while the Apple ethos is the angelic female Eva.
He personified America's notion of itself as both good-hearted and tough-minded, wised-up and amiable at the same time.
As head of BMW Marketing, Jack personified the brand and the values that motivate us in this company.
Mr. Jones may have epitomized honky-tonk, but he also personified glitzy country stardom.
Personified by elegant Gropius and touted by hyperconnected Johnson, the Bauhaus became a ready standard-bearer for International Style architecture.
Of course the era personified by Max Perkins at Scribners disappeared long ago.
Holding the leadership role in each clique was the person who best personified the attributes at the heart of the group.
To begin with, distancing the brand from its namesake the man who truly personified its style and vision could alienate longtime loyal customers.
The villain, personified by Roger Allam, turns out to represent big business: an interesting choice of target for a major motion picture.
This included "the involvement of doctors in state sponsored killings, personified by Josef Mengele, and the devastating private enterprise of Harold Shipman".
Once again, short-sellers are ultimately buyers, meaning they are downside protection personified.
Paul Sackey was bravery personified in his personal duel with Tuilagi, never giving his formidable opponent room in which to utilise his power.
Iridium also inherited a retired Motorolan named Edward Staiano, who personified the hardball, controlling leadership that got Motorola into trouble earlier this decade.
In the eyes of the rest of the world, a South Africa personified by Mr Mandela may have a claim to moral leadership.
But at least 6m people, probably closer to 100m, in 126 countries of the world, accepted them as tokens of the Divinity He personified.
Speaking at the time, Mr Thompson said it was "a fitting tribute to a man who personified so much of what the BBC stands for".
Mr McCain is campaign-finance reform personified, the man whose name was attached to the only serious attempt to clean up matters in the present Congress.
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