When's 2004 album Whenever features a characteristic mix of Middle Eastern influences, African tribal rhythms, as well as trademark When collages and cartoon loops.

Marquand treated those whose lives were bound by these unwritten codes with a characteristic mix of respect and satire.

His work often reflects a characteristic mix of good-hearted common sense and an elaborate private fascination with the inner structures of language and morality.

On the eve of the opening ceremony, Telstra's executives displayed a characteristic mix of Australian bravado and nerves.

The New York International Fringe Festival opened over the weekend with its characteristic mix of inventiveness, talent and eccentricity.

A hard act to follow, Miss Primus narrated the solos with a characteristic mix of powerful dignity and passion.

In a characteristic mix of the refined and the recycled, lush flowers from a nearby nursery were arranged in old coffee tins and organic milk bottles.

Each has a unique geographic distribution and characteristic mix of plant species.

The series ends this evening with its characteristic mix of looming uncertainties and quiet struggles to do the decent thing.

The characteristic mix of courtesyand evasion in uncertain times underscores the difficulty that the American Embassy and international monitors will have in determining their treatment.