He joined the Tamil nationalist movement in his youth and quickly established himself as a strong-willed militant leader by founding the LTTE.

Reeves has proved to be the best coach the team could have asked for, a strong-willed leader who demands discipline and loyalty and will give back both qualities in return.

In the person of Fred Donner, the financial side had the strong-willed leader it Deeded to muscle its way into control of tee corporation.

But doubts about the company's future without Mr. Goldberg, a strong-willed, well-connected leader, have been percolating ever since.

Cassidy says the company is located away from other financial institutions and headed by a "strong-willed leader" and that employees use a "unique vocabulary".

When he left, we spent two years with a vacuum of leadership until we found a strong-willed leader in Mr. Risley.

"Everyone realized that these were culturally two very different organizations" headed by strong-willed leaders, said Michael Rietbrock, a financial analyst at Salomon Smith Barney.

By contrast, the two major opposition parties both have strong-willed national leaders who are expected to become presidential candidates.

Most analysts see in this juncture an unusual and perhaps fleeting synchonization of the determination of three strong-willed political leaders.

However, the paper also obligingly claimed the poll a "sound democratic procedure" and a "public tribute to a strong-willed leader".