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Blahnik wanted to be a set designer but he never considered saying no to the legendary (and dictatorial) fashion-ista.

His rule resembled that of other African "strongmen" of the time and is criticized for its dictatorial tendencies and widespread corruption.

Mr. Mason was quite alive now, interrogative, dynamic and a bit dictatorial in his manner, even to his old friend.

Her comments seemed one attempt to reposition the United States, which backed Tunisia's dictatorial leader as a partner against terrorism.

If I had the dictatorial power in a dictatorship, I would dictate that she be kept in detention for appearing too pretentious.

Long gone are the days when parents were much more dictatorial and children were to be seen, not heard.

The hostess indicated wheRe the guests were to sit in heR usual dictatorial manner.

The revolt in Libya is part of a widespread uprising against dictatorial government across the Middle East.

He spoke in a subdued and troubled voice, very different from his usual dictatorial manner.

It is far from perfect, but that it is held together by the goodwill of its people, and not by dictatorial forces, is remarkable.

The German Reichstag adopted the Enabling Act, which effectively granted Adolf Hitler dictatorial legislative powers.

Forced out by the April Revolution, President of South Korea Syngman Rhee resigned after twelve years of dictatorial rule.

So if our government was more dictatorial, and stopped any offshoring, you'd be happier?

No one in the U. S. would argue that it should adopt China's dictatorial style of government.

Anallegedly dictatorial management style did not help.

Their deaths ended 24 years of dictatorial rule and marked the end of Communist control of the country.

Country is governed by a dictatorial leader or single-party hierarchy that does not allow for effective popular opposition.

The Italian has never really been an ideologue, no matter how dictatorial his body language might be.

Given his own dictatorial tendencies, the Belarusian leader, Alyaksandr Lukashenka, may require similar favours in years to come.

Employees at the grassroots level need to be given true executive empowerment, rather than dictatorial directives.

But many of her colleagues accuse America of having pandered to Mr Bakiyev's corrupt and dictatorial whims in exchange for access to Manas.

The closeness of their connection with the church made them adopt a slightly dictatorial attitude to the rest of mankind.

After all, it could be the transformation from a dictatorial constitution to a democracy.

The KMT was a dictatorial regime that had risen to power partly through exploiting its links with Shanghai gangsters.

THE corrupt, dictatorial and long-ailing president of Guinea, Lansana Conte, was once asked about plans for his succession.

oppose the bureaucratic doctrine , dictatorial doctrine , adventurous doctrine and tail doctrine.

Condorcet's theory describes consensus decisions, outlining how democratic decisions tend to outperform dictatorial ones.

A freed opposition politician is accusing Russian authorities of using dictatorial tactics against opposition figures.

As a result of Yuan's increasingly dictatorial methods, Sun established an independent republic in southern China based in Canton in 1921.

Mandatory education is a coercive education that suppresses freedom. To impose specific teaching materials is a dictatorial act.

They are right now lining their pockets with a quick profit they are right now making their dictatorial dreams come true .

For years the nation had been under the heel of a dictatorial regime.

Actually, its simply a very authoritarian, dictatorial political regime.

Russia, after all, had just connived in the unconstitutional overthrow of Kurmanbek Bakiyev, a dictatorial president.

Not just in dictatorial China, but also in democratic South Korea and Japan, history still has far to go if it is to serve that aim.

Four, the sincerity accept a wife affection up of dictatorial , "don't with stranger talk" , particularly can't talk with unfamiliar woman.

But that would leave Mr Bashir sitting pretty in the north, free to persist in his dictatorial ways.

Virgo can also be a grumbling and tiresome person with dictatorial propensity.

But Kyrgyzstanis have twice overthrown presidents seen as corrupt, nepotistic and dictatorial.

Why isn't there ever a bloodthirsty sociopath with dictatorial powers and no regard for legal niceties around when you need one?

Their political stand was to overthrow the dictatorial rule of the Kuomintang and realize independence, democracy and peace in China.

Actually, it's simply a very authoritarian, dictatorial political regime.

Among three relations, one side is imperial arbitrary and dictatorial power; another side is adapted to modern society.

two planes on a collision course; dissidents on a collision course with the dictatorial regime.

The issue before them was whether Clinton should go ahead with the summit if Yeltsin took steps that looked dictatorial.

The dictatorial government put an end to organized opposition in the country by making it illegal to form a political party.

Germany's Parliament, the Reichstag effectively gives dictatorial powers to Adolf Hitler.

Therefore the young man, slightly too dictatorial, directed the guests to their places.

I have not seen her for many years, but I very well remember that I never liked her, and that her manners were dictatorial and insolent.

Kim was inspired to take up politics by the dictatorial government of Syngman Rhee, South Korea's first president, reared by the US.

A socialist system implies unlimited dictatorial powers of the chief.

It is not just Murdoch who exercises semi-dictatorial rule in seeking to shape public opinion in Britain.

Kim Jong Il's dictatorial regime, under intense financial pressure, is threatening to test a nuclear bomb.

Another is that China supports dams and is a generous benefactor to the elected but dictatorial government of Hun Sen, the prime minister.

After servant system reform in 1861, Russian dictatorial system transformed into capitalist monarchy system fast.

The dictatorial Batista rules the island with an iron fist.

His detractors, however, say his rule is increasingly dictatorial.

The most overwhelming experience for me was living under the dictatorial regime in Romania.

Why this dictatorial approach to learning, anyway?

The solution, he insists, is clear: the people must get rid of Ayatollah Khamenei as Supreme Guide with dictatorial powers.

They resent being ruled OVER by a dictatorial boss.

The directors also reckoned he was dictatorial.

Iranians are protesting not just election fraud but also the growing abuses of the Iranian people by a dictatorial regime.

I have become disillusioned with the dictatorial behavior of the present government.

A reactionary OR dictatORial person.

From Berlin's view, monism is a crude, dictatorial and unhumanlised theory.

Lots of power. Naked, ugly dictatorial power.

She is careful not to overly criticize the dictatorial regime of North Korea.

Now ailing, the 87-year-old patriarch has run the church in dictatorial style since 1971.

A dictatorial ruler eg. Her father is very dictatorial.

The emphasis was helped by the speaker's voice, which was inflexible, dry, and dictatorial .

Its dictatorial leader, Kim Jong Il, who is believed to turn 69 in February, may be slowly dying of multiple illnesses.

communication so motivating Still quite a dictatorial Workers feel their social or autocratic style of needs are being met management

the decisions are made by a single dictatorial manager who rationally pursues some goal

Dictatorial cultural system in ancient China--Monopoly dictatorial cultural system of pre-Qin ear

Convened to camouflage Chiang Kai-shek's dictatorial regime, the Fourth People's Political Council opened in Chungking on July 7

Formation of Dictatorial Systems in the Chin and Han Dynastiesand Their Sociopsychological Basis