Customs & Excise is adopting a wholly dictatorial approach,' he said.

Once, a nascent group fell apart because the first violinist had a "dictatorial approach" to playing music.

'In a democratic society, such a dictatorial approach is a national disgrace,' said Mr John St Vincent-Welsh, the institute's chief executive.

Consistent discipline and constant communication with teen-agers, they said, work better than dictatorial or overly permissive approaches.

I first encountered the dictatorial approach to public health in rural China, which combated leprosy much more effectively than democratic countries like India.

All that changes with adolescence, as parents learn that the old dictatorial approaches to discipline no longer work.

Others note Zhukov's "dictatorial" approach.

This dictatorial approach without consultation with the industry and the fishermen is unacceptable and will be resisted to the bitter end.

Why this dictatorial approach to learning, anyway?

But Kite does not believe he was outmaneuvered by Seve Ballesteros, the European captain who desperately wanted to win in his home country and took a far more dictatorial approach.