Is human personality shaped by nature or nurture?

Balanchine, whose repertory and personality still shape the company's practices, always insisted on the primacy of the music, and to this day the composer's name is placed above the choreographer's in the printed programs.

It needs humans to lead it, personalities to shape the mass.

Across the sweep of two centuries of American history, distinctive personalities and events have shaped the physical surroundings and lore of these rooms.

As a rule, generic questions like those, while providing broad insights into the national mood, are often imprecise as a predictor of the outcome of hundreds of Congressional races, where local issues and personalities can shape the result.

Mr. Barry's personality and politics shaped Washington for almost two decades.

Mr. Barry's personality and politics shaped much of the District through its economic rise and fall over his first three terms, 1978 to 1990.

Lastly, Philip's own personality and his friendship with Lerma heavily shaped his approach to policy-making.

Pendergasts presided over an era when many outsize personalities shaped the city and contributed to the whole country.

The most apparent clubhouse catalysts are Ortiz and Kevin Millar, whose gregarious personalities shape the team's overall identity.