Sentence examples for resolute leader from inspiring English sources

Despite the eagerness of Mr. Bush to portray himself as a forward-leaning, resolute leader, this volume sometimes has the effect of showing the former president as both oddly passive and strangely cavalier.

Mr. Medvedev devoted much of the interview to the decisions he made during the confrontation with Georgia, casting himself as a resolute leader who stood up to American pressure.

Mr. Putin was described as "a fair and resolute leader worth of respect" by the author, who also wrote: "I am unsure at this point whether he has the potential to be our best friend or our worst enemy".

Michael Kohlhaas is a creaking, unyielding historical horse-opera that finds Mads Mikkelsen jutting his chin and staring endlessly into the middle distance as the resolute leader of a peasant revolt.

The president, who gave Mr. Woodward two lengthy interviews (including one with Mr. Balz for their series of Washington Post articles), is depicted in terms that the White House press office itself has purveyed -- as a fearless and resolute leader.

Generally, the official pictures of Mr. Bush follow the White House's narrative line of a manly, resolute leader, like the photograph of the president clearing brush at his Texas ranch wearing a cowboy hat.

As much horror that I felt about what continues to happen in Zimbabwe against the poor and basic democratic freedoms, as I looked at these strong and resolute leaders in the eyes, I couldn't help but feel so much hope for the future, especially after meeting with many rank and file members at the local level later that day.

If a resolute war leader had not unexpectedly come to power in Britain in May 1940, and the country had been defeated or (worse) made peace with Germany as much of the British elite wanted at the time, Europe would likely have remained under Nazi rule for generations to come – time in which plans of racial purification and genocide could have been more fully implemented.

His trip there, and then to the Islamic Center of Washington, on Embassy Row less than two miles from the White House, seemed part of an emerging White House strategy of trying to portray Mr. Bush as a resolute wartime leader, a compassionate father figure, and an economic strategist.

In the three weeks since his election he has continued to project the image of the resolute, energetic leader, which was enhanced this week with a three-day foreign tour that took him from Belarus to Britain and then on Tuesday to Ukraine.

The underlying invitation was for voters to take a leap of faith on the promise that Mr. Bush will develop into a more effective, resolute and likable leader and role model than Mr. Gore.