Yet white America, too, if sometimes with misgivings, is plainly drawn to this forceful and cogent figure.

His father, Sam, in fact, emerges as the most forceful figure in this rich, full-bodied novel.

He was nicknamed the "Little Giant" because he was short in physical stature, but a forceful and dominant figure in politics.

But Mr. Lauder has been a forceful behind-the-scenes figure at the Modern since 1977, when he was first elected to its board.

Next to that big, healthy, forceful figure, who "rules the world," young Franz sees himself as "tiny, an insect."

Englishmen turned in disgust from the slow, complex, civilised methods of their national politics to this uncompromising, forceful figure.

There was also the issue of Mr. Bushnell, a forceful, frequently abrasive figure who made as many enemies as friends for the theater.

He climbed from the car and strode across the street, a tall, forceful figure.

As forceful and dominant a figure as was Brigham Young, when it came to marriage he was as vulnerable as the next man.