Assertive responses are particularly effective in countering bullying because the child who masters this type of direct, emotionally honest communication demonstrates that a bully's attacks will be answered in a fair, but formidable way.
His successor, Mario Monti, an Italian of no firm political colour, is equally formidable, but in a different way.
Lenovo Group, the Chinese company that bought IBM's ThinkPad unit, has built up a formidable share against Dell in this way as well, by opening local stores even as Dell tried to stick to the direct-sales model that has worked well in more advanced markets.
But he has not gone yet and the elegant batsman remains a formidable obstacle in the way of South Africa's hopes of regaining the No 1 ranking.
If Luis Enrique's team have a formidable rival in the way of their hopes of becoming the first club to retain the Champions League, it is not in this group.
The argument that the Second Amendment remains a formidable obstacle in the way of gun control, even if there were a political will to pass such legislation, is perhaps the most frustrating of the objections.
Answer: E. But be prepared -- as Ron Burgundy noted, "It's a formidable scent; it stings the nostrils in a good way".
The assessment is not a "precise science", the report said, adding that "accurately and consistently assessing several million awards in this way is a formidable undertaking", and concluding that the current process is "disjointed".
She's a formidable person in many ways".
