This week, Mr Arafat was due to address demands to present a new cabinet and appoint a Palestinian prime minister, who would take over some of his powers, or again face a confidence vote from his rebellious parliament.
His role has given him more confidence, but from his 100 games, Strauss averages 32 with a strike rate of only 77.
No football manager likes receiving the dreaded vote of confidence from his chairman.
Prior's wretched match plumbed new depths, and the lack of confidence from his wicket-keeping errors transferred to a hesitant performance with the bat.
With Obama, what stood out from the beginning was his seeming confidence when it came to answering foreign policy questions.
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In the ad, a boy gains confidence from driving his father's Audi to the prom, kisses the prom queen once he arrives at the dance and gets decked by the prom king.
Audi's 60-second ad in the first quarter, with an ending voted on by viewers, shows a boy gaining confidence from driving his father's Audi to the prom, kissing the prom queen and getting decked by the prom king.
But Boston coach Claude Julien is counting on his team building confidence from its comeback that might help its quest for consistency.
Though tainted by a local scandal, Roland Koch, the young state premier of Hesse, has just been boosted by a remarkable vote of confidence from 98% of his local party people.
His childhood was anything but idyllic and for much of his later life he suffered from under-confidence and depression.
That's why Kim pooh-poohs speculation by some pharmaceutical industry watchers that his appointment represents a vote of confidence from Merck in protein-based drug research.
In 2007, Newman said he was retiring from acting, saying he'd lost confidence in his abilities.
The family of a US man found hanged in Singapore have withdrawn from an inquiry into his death, saying they no longer have confidence in the system.
The 31-year-old's confidence heading into his second appearance comes not only from his maiden major victory at Pebble Beach, but also his Wales Open win at Ryder Cup venue Celtic Manor two weeks previously.
His self-confidence and self-possession come in part from the fact that he enjoys a life outside the world of sailing.
Hughes's flair in front of the camera bespoke innate confidence in his own gut feelings and trained reflexes gleaned from wide reading.
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Many seasoned judges believe that he was discarded too soon from the international set-up after an apparent weakness against spin undermined his confidence.
In a desperate and futile attempt to save the company, Skilling tried to inspire investor confidence by raising 200 million dollars, through pooling his money with funds from other top Enron executives.
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When my client decided to re-direct his charitable giving to this organization he did so with the confidence that comes from investing in a way that is both emotionally and practically sound.
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From his cavernous, 300-year-old cellar in central London, Simon Staples exuded all the confidence of a 1980s stockbroker.
Lafreniere from the Montreal police had expressed confidence that Magnotta would be caught sooner or later -- predicting his desire for attention could be his downfall.
Yet he also insisted it was not about his authority or a matter of confidence in his leadership and that to make it such would only prove a distraction from the issue at hand.
Marvel President Kevin Feige called his approach "a confidence-booster" and DreamWorks CEO Stacey Snider said a note from Mr. Horn prompted a decision to rework the epilogue of her studio's coming movie "The Fifth Estate, " about WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange.
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Much more importantly, it requires someone who will, from Day One, have the confidence of that community's professionals and command the respect of Congress, his or her counterparts in the executive branch, foreign interlocutors, the public and the press.
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Mr. Frayn succeeds by framing the piece with contributions from Guillaume's East German handler, so the audience is in on the secret from the start, but captivated by how the feeble, nebbish Guillaume worms his way into the charismatic Brandt's confidence.
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