Mr Obama's swipes at the company have lent him an unfamiliar air of forcefulness.

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Most people chafe under too much authority, too much forcefulness, too much control.

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Mr Fedorov denies this with his customary mixture of charm and forcefulness.

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" Aaronson, who packs towering forcefulness into a 5-foot-6-inch frame, allows that the big partners pounded him down: "I was 6-foot-5 when I started this.

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" Aaronson, who packs towering forcefulness onto his short frame, allows that the big partners pounded him down: "I was a lot taller when I started this.

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What, for example, would Thatcherism have been without the forcefulness of the woman who relished upsetting the crockery in the grand dining room of her Tory rivals?

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His cool forcefulness will ensure a tight grip on power.

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The way that Apple made its way to being the largest corporation in America during 2012 was the product of the brilliance and forcefulness of Steve Jobs.

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But because this was a good and thus fair speech on the issue of peace, the president likely also made Abbas a bit uneasy with the forcefulness of his commitment to Israel's existence as a Jewish state, a commitment that cuts directly to an issue on which even the most constructive members of the Palestinian leadership have been reluctant to show flexibility.

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