His heavy-handed style did not go unnoticed in certain neighborhoods.

The tumult has left Mr. Gutiérrez, whose austere economic policies and heavy-handed governing style had already antagonized many Ecuadoreans, on shaky political footing.

This boulevard, nearly 300 feet wide, was the main drag of East Berlin in the Communist days, lined with apartment blocks built in a heavy-handed Stalinist style.

Neal Lewis, the executive director of the Neighborhood Network, an advocacy group claiming 30,000 members in Nassau and Suffolk, said that tourism promoters alienated residents with their heavy-handed style.

Ms. McCarthy and Ms. Bar-Akiva regularly accused the board of unnecessary secrecy and a heavy-handed governing style.

Painting in an intentionally heavy-handed, impastoed style, Dennis Kardon records the banal and alarming facts of middle-age life.

De Gaulle's government was criticized within France, particularly for its heavy-handed style.

The Diamondbacks were a collection of veteran players, and they came to resent Showalter's heavy-handed style of managing.

Kralick was sincere in his earnest way, and so was Kettridge in his fast-talking though heavy-handed style.

Mr. Santiago was later forced to resign amid reports that he managed in a heavy-handed style and was friendly with an organized crime figure.