For decades, New York's mayors shared the public stage with a well-known cast of irascible, flamboyant leaders of municipal labor.

If Mr. Bongo has long been regarded as one of Africa's most flamboyant leaders, he has also been one of its shrewdest.

The often flamboyant leader of civil rights protests was making his first run for political office and outpolled Ms. Holtzman to win third place.

An irrepressibly brash and flamboyant leader who was the consummate master of Albany's inside political game, Mr. Miller chose to view the verdict in electoral terms.

Mr. Bucaram, a flamboyant leader and sometime rock singer, was deposed after days of widespread though peaceful protests.

The notion of reconciliation seemed a difficult one for Eurico Guterres, one of the most flamboyant and feared of the militia leaders.

Mr. Cheatham spent eight years with the Calloway band; he admired the flamboyant leader and absorbed his showmanship but also his careful attention to musical detail.

Sandecker is perhaps one of the most flamboyant and rigid leaders of a government organization such as NUMA.

B11 Obituaries B10 Bernard Cornfeld, flamboyant leader in the mutual fund industry.

Mr. Wilson plays Dignan, the group's flamboyant leader, who fills a notebook with improbable schemes and plans for the next 50 years.