With his shaved head and fierce features, he looks like a bit of a rebel.
The rebels set about shelling Kuito and fierce fighting is reported in Bie and Huambo provinces.
Silvio Berlusconi, prime minister of Mr Prodi's native Italy, is an old and fierce adversary.
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Loyal and fierce British Army fighters for generations, they command respect - and in their enemies, fear.
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The following week the Dow closed at 13, 522, so a quick and fierce market reversal can happen.
Meanwhile, the oil shock, several recessions and fierce competition from Japan scraped the shine off the American car industry.
And fierce opposition in certain quarters domestically did not preclude the Polish and Czech governments from doing the same.
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Like many legacy carriers, PAL struggles to cope with a bloated payroll, high fuel costs and fierce competition from budget airlines.
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But like-for-like sales at Superdrug were almost flat - up just 0.6% - blamed on tough trading and fierce price competition.
Most of the play, however, was compressed in midfield and fierce tackles and misplaced passes were the order of the day.
Cost-cutting alone is not a path to survival in the face of continued declines in print revenue and fierce competition in the digital world.
The kitchen serves fried fish dishes and fierce cocktails such as the machacao, made from white rum, lime juice and potent yerba mate tea.
Sheil and Audley give performances of harrowing power, their incarnations of blind tenderness and fierce desire building to outbursts of feral rage.
Most of these layoff notices have been driven by hard times in general and fierce competition in the mobile sector in particular.
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Whatever the content, his rhymes work, because he attacks his tracks with gusto and fierce command - as on this cut, Fever.
But with Johnson, seemingly aloof and arrogant - but always a sublime runner and fierce competitor - the "Superman" moniker was truly deserved.
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When it came to light last week that Facebook co-founder Eduardo Saverin had renounced his U.S. citizenship, the reaction was swift and fierce.
Big companies outsource manufacturing through contractors, then subcontractors, and fierce retail competition translates into a squeeze on factories in Bulgaria, China, Indonesia or wherever.
In 2008, faced with a sagging U.S. economy and fierce international competition from South American rose growers, Pinchbeck found himself priced out of the market.
At that time, Deutsche Telekom had announced that third-quarter profit had dropped 20% and cited an increasing number of defections by fixed-line customers and fierce competition in Germany.
Democratic proposals in both chambers have come under withering Republican opposition and fierce attacks by conservative commentators, and opinion polls show a deep public divide on the issue.
And fierce public resistance to eroding generous worker and consumer protections has made governments unwilling, or unable, to implement the kinds of deep structural reforms that could help.
But those who make the trip are rewarded with close-up views of stunning ice shelves, mountainous icebergs, the wildlife of the Antarctic Peninsula and fierce sunsets that can last for hours.
The hottest market is India, where the combination of a staid state broadcaster with a free-to-air monopoly and fierce competition among cable and satellite companies has boosted pay-TV.
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Almost his only critic has been Dominique de Villepin, a former prime minister and fierce personal rival, who now plans to set up his own party on the right.
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The criticism of that committee, coupled with a warning about speed of change from England's exams regulator Ofqual and fierce Lib Dem opposition to the EBC combined to defeat it.
If we embrace globalization with the spirit of optimism and fierce competitiveness that has made American manufacturing great, we will ensure we stay on top of the world economy for years go come.
By turns playful and fierce, Packer alters mercurially from a "woman warrior" like Joan of Arc to a bashful young Juliet to a despairing Lady Macbeth, to name but a few of the most familiar.
Though the field sits in shallow water, this part of the Caspian freezes over in winter and fierce winds blow chunks of ice into the islands that the consortium has built to develop the field.
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Wary that Musharraf could revive the corruption cases she fled, Bhutto also wants him to drop charges against her and scores of other politicians, including Nawaz Sharif, another former premier and fierce rival plotting a comeback.
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