strongman

He held the office from 1988 to 2010 and was seen as the department's political strongman.

Does it want a strongman or a man of the people?

He began strongman competition at the age of 28 in 2002.

The word dictator, strongman, or even president is never used.

The country has since been ruled by one strongman after another.

From then on it was in his blood to be a circus strongman.

The question is where a strong state ends and a strongman begins.

The regional strongman is gone, but nobody seems to want his stuff.

For three and a half years, the strongman will consolidate world power.

He ended his career as a competitive strongman in 1990.

Place like this will probably turn out to be run by a strongman of some sort."

The competitors held, between them, at least 15 strongman world records.

A strongman is not necessarily always a formal head of government, however.

We should be satisfied if some strongman comes in who can restore order.

When strongmen started to make their own equipment, they kept the name, even though the shape and form changed.

"Reacting like a military strongman has set things back for him," the official said.

In the name of public order, a new strongman would break the strike with bullets.

In countries with corrupt strongmen, these programs can bypass the government.

This used to form the climax of most strongman events but has been seen less in recent years.

His accomplishments as a strongman were nothing short of astounding.

We have a hard time resisting strongmen who say they will solve all our problems.

She finally made her dream come true and became national Strongman champion during that competition.

In short, strong institutions make for better strategic partners than do strongmen.

Never bought the idea that the Russians need a strongman leading them.

Vehicle Pull - probably the most famous of all strongman events.