1.   The cumulative effect of this conscientious blandness denied Lisa a distinctive personality, which limited the fervor of its users.

2.   Apple is expected to demonstrate this revision to the software that gives Macs their distinctive personality.

3.   But the New has the most distinctive personality.

4.   Cologne now has at least that many Baroque orchestras with independent memberships and distinctive personalities.

5.   Each piece is animated and has a distinctive personality.

6.   Everything from the canned jokes to the canned laughter to the cookie-cutter characters who have virtually no distinctive personalities smacks of LSS.

7.   Godsmack, Drowning Pool, P.O.D. and System of a Down all have the requisite crunch, but each has a distinctive personality to back it up.

8.   Most celebrated conductors bring distinctive musical personalities to their performances.

9.   On cue, they stepped up to a standing microphone and read their lines, giving voice and distinctive personalities to dozens of different characters.

10.   Public radio veterans worry, though, about whether NPR can retain both its distinctive personality and its news-gathering prowess in the face of the Government cutbacks.