Seen from this angle, an incipient movement has been countered by a formidable backlash.
During the first five years of his reign, Henry was attacked by a formidable array of domestic and foreign enemies.
Spearheaded by a formidable composer, teacher and polemicist, Arnold Schoenberg, it inspired controversy and occasional concert hall riots.
As a child, he was frequently looked after by a formidable character known as the Sulphate Strangler.
He has built a Wall Street giant powered by a formidable trading operation, rather than by bankers who give advice to corporate clients and help them raise money.
He was also a humble man (raised by a formidable mother, a New Englander whose catchphrase was "no one likes a braggadocio").
However, Mr Obuchi's deal in October with the New Komeito, an opposition party backed by a formidable lay-Buddhist organisation called Soka Gakkai, is far less acceptable.
Bracingly light on scene-setting cues, this 80-minute feature gets in and gets out, a model of editorial economy by a formidable sketch artist.
This inspired improvisation was supplemented by a formidable knowledge of the European tradition in art, acquired through familiarity with a vast range of reproductive engravings.
And yet, because it expanded by a formidable 65%, the e-economy contributed four percentage points to America's overall growth in 1998.
But as I discovered last week, another beige book produced by a formidable organization — Goldman Sachs — is more useful in assessing the outlook of corporate America.
