Tony, reached in Fort Myers, said being separated from his "strong-willed" wife can be difficult.
The tussle between Craigslist and eBay is reminiscent of strong-willed partners in a marriage.
"Michelle is a driven, determined and strong-willed force, " her friend and co-worker Krissy Fischer says.
Felix Semmelroth, director of cultural affairs in Frankfurt, describes Mr. Hollein as persistent and strong-willed.
We both had strong-willed moms and doting grandmothers who were almost equally important to our early upbringing.
Taymor has a reputation for being tenacious, strong-willed, and risk-taking, and this goes back to her youth.
It would take someone strong-willed and bold to make fundamental changes, and the affable Mr. Wen is neither.
The Legion counters that widow Gabrielle Mee was independent, strong-willed and happy and was never coerced into anything.
Strong-willed Deng ultimately succeeded in presiding over the transformation of the Chinese economy.
As feisty Mary Kate Danagher, Powers has a sparkle in her eyes and a strong-willed stamp in every step.
For all their clubbishness and golf-playing, the ASEAN leaders are strong-willed folk running nations that have not always been friends.
There have, no doubt, been brave and incredibly strong-willed men and women who have resisted the most horrific tortures and given up nothing.
According to one report, the opposition wants binding guarantees that uncomfortable, strong-willed characters like Mr Chubais and Mr Berezovsky will not be in the government.
My mother has always been a very smart, strong-willed, inspirational person.
Ellison and Hurd are "quite complementary" and the two will coexist well even though both are strong-willed managers, said Amit Singh, who joined Google Inc.
Of course, he is aided by an attractive and strong-willed spouse, and of course that part, of the young Queen Mother, is played by Helena Bonham Carter.
Those who knew Sander, a strong-willed, independent woman who had only worked for herself, and Bertelli, an equally strong-willed and renowned hothead, wondered how long the partnership would last.
Under George Cukor's direction for a fourth and final time, Tracy plays a blustery paterfamilias whose strong-willed daughter (Jean Simmons) seeks a career on the stage, presumably against his wishes.
Ms Pryce, who claims she was coerced by her then-husband into taking the points, told her retrial that the former Lib Dem minister was strong-willed, controlling and dismissive of others.
Seeing to Bush's political needs is Communications Director Karen Hughes, a strong-willed personal friend of the candidate who won't hesitate to correct a reporter's question asked of Bush, even in midsentence.
Both novels have a self-serving politicking clergyman (the Reverend Isaac Blakey has much of the unctuous insincerity of the Reverend Reginald Bacon), strong-willed and opinionated judges, politicised lawyers and macho bankers.
Eighteen years ago, John Sayles might have boiled down this back-to-basics portrait of a paralyzed, bitter white soap star (Mary McDonnell) and her strong-willed black caretaker (Alfre Woodard) into a twenty-page short story.
Astrid, the 15-year-old daughter of a steely, strong-willed artist played by Michelle Pfeiffer, finds herself consigned to the random indignities of foster care after her mother is sent to prison for killing a boyfriend.
But "Doubt, " a provocative drama about the battle between a parish priest and a strong-willed nun who suspects that he is abusing a student at her school, has given him much more than that.
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In Kathryn Bigelow's "Zero Dark Thirty, " which opens in wide release on Friday, she plays Maya, the strong-willed CIA agent who uncovers a trail of information leading directly to Osama bin Laden's hideout in Pakistan.
But while Austen's sharp prose, ironic wit and vivid characterisation are all key to her appeal, Robens believes that it is the romantic entanglements of her strong-willed heroines that draw so many to the books.
Even as talks about a merger advanced, Mr. Harman had reservations about handing over the reins of his new property to a strong-willed editor who reported to another boss in Mr. Diller, said people familiar with his thinking.
He said the end of Ms Pryce's marriage was "distressing, very upsetting" but "being the person that she is, a strong-minded, strong-willed person, it also caused her great anger and in the end led her to want to get revenge".
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