One quality that Murtaza does not lack is ruthlessness - with his own followers as well as his enemies.

CNN: BHUTTO'S HEIR TO VIOLENCE

What is more, good American tabloid journalists seem in scarce supply, probably a result of sharply varying ethics (think puritanical American professionalism versus anything-goes British ruthlessness).

ECONOMIST: Life in the global gutter

Apple is now ascendant, and the demonstration in that room in Palo Alto has come to symbolize the vision and ruthlessness that separate true innovators from also-rans.

NEWYORKER: Creation Myth

"I think back to that great quartet of strikers - Dwight Yorke, Andy Cole, Teddy Sheringham and Ole Gunnar Solskjaer - who all had a ruthlessness and concentration that saw them determined to finish off games, " the Old Trafford boss added.

BBC: Sir Alex Ferguson warns Man Utd ahead of Liverpool game

And despite Moyes' attempts to change his team's focus with a double substitution, the on-loan Sturridge again showed his ruthlessness in front of goal when he fired in to double Bolton's lead.

BBC: Gary Cahill scores for Bolton

On January 31, 2004, he vented in an e-mail to his family back in North Carolina about the increasing ruthlessness of the insurgents and the random, horrific violence claiming the lives of his fellow soldiers.

NPR: Sergeant Sorts Through War's Chaos in Letter Home

The midfielder said there was no problem with morale in the dressing-room and believes the only problem requiring attention was a lack of ruthlessness in front of goal.

BBC: Crosas sounds Celtic clarion call

Kennedy and his snarling little brother Bobby made political "ruthlessness, " unrestrained campaign spending, Teamster support and Mayor Richard Daley's vote-counting techniques into virtues.

CNN: When did the GOP become the whiners?