Clearly Mr. Noer is not a strong man, or he would not have made such comments.
As a result, Mr Hashimoto's image as a strong man has taken something of a battering.
Chuck Burkhard of Windber, Pennsylvania, hopes history will remember Bush as a strong man who loved his country.
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There was no alternative, it was said then, and a strong man was needed to hold Congo together.
At a time when the Liberal MPs were all strongly individualistic, it took a strong man to ensure discipline, and Cyril did well in the role.
He is the strong man of the company, no doubt.
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But some of his relatives say Ram Singh was a strong man who, even after the 2009 accident, did not quit driving because a rod had been inserted into the damaged arm.
So far, the prime minister's plans for streamlining the troubled finance ministry, not to mention deregulating Japan's hide-bound financial markets, have depended critically on having a strong man like Hiroshi Mitsuzuka as finance minister.
The opportunity was an awesome one, and the income was needed to provide for our family, but it was painful for me to leave because my nieces would no longer have the presence of a strong man in the house.
That is why Dr Mahathir's blend of western politics and Asian strong-man is so potent.
But he is a strong, principled man and I know if he gets the job at a future date he will have laid down the ground rules first.
In the Gospels, Saint Joseph appears as a strong and courageous man, a working man, yet in his heart we see great tenderness, which is not the virtue of the weak but rather a sign of strength of spirit and a capacity for concern, for compassion, for genuine openness to others, for love.
What, to the strong, was one man more or less in a crowded world?
Next, say his admirers, and Mr Brown himself, he is a man of strong values, derived from his Presbyterian background.
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So has Ali Larijani, the speaker of the parliament and a man with strong family connections to the highest levels of the religious hierarchy.
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"He is not a conformist, he is ambitious, a winner, an authentic man with strong feelings and he wanted to come to Barcelona, " he said.
And in fact, all research indicated that the fact that he was a man of strong faith, albeit Jewish, was not a detriment to the ticket at all.
Liking "Kathy Griffin, " "Juicy Couture, " or the musical "Wicked" were found to be strong indicators that a man was gay, while liking sports-related topics, "Bruce Lee" and "Being Confused After Waking Up From Naps" were more popular with straight men, according to the the study.
Women with careers are VERY strong women, and it takes an even stronger man to be with such a strong woman.
There is also a strong residual loyalty to the man who dominated Indonesian politics for so long.
Some say that the man bears a strong resemblance to Lee Kuan Yew.
But Mr Rove is the most powerful presidential adviser in recent history: a man who combines a strong political vision (creating a Republican majority) with an unparalleled knowledge of political mechanics.
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Kudos to every man in America who is strong enough to be married to a "career woman!"
Plus, a little of me still wanted to believe that I was strong, that I was my own man and a great leader.
Russia's institutions being worryingly weak and the powers of its president frighteningly strong, it is vital that the man in charge is beholden to neither demagogues nor billionaires.
Four reasons repeatedly came up in interviews with Catholic clerics: They felt it was time to shift the church's geographic center, they like his pastoral centrism, they believe emphasis on ministering to the poor has been missing and they hold a strong conviction that Pope Francis is the man to reform and rebuild a church that has been beset by scandals.
The reality is, I had a very strong record in doing precisely what the young man was asking about.
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