So it seems natural that a range of views is heard on whether there is a need for one pre-eminent leader.

The situation there requires black leadership first, and Mr. Jackson is the pre-eminent leader.

"He seems to be the pre-eminent leader of the country," the Congressman said.

Who is the pre-eminent white leader?

In his long life Narbona became a great warrior and the pre-eminent leader of his people.

The two men were widely considered the pre-eminent leaders of their state parties and the most popular politicians in the state.

It also established him as one of the pre-eminent leaders of the new United Automobile Workers union that emerged from the battles.

The country's pre-eminent leader, Deng Xiaoping, was last seen on May 16, and there were rumors that he is dead or dying.

Mr. Arafat, the pre-eminent Palestinian leader for more than three decades, has seen his authority diminished on several fronts in the last year.

This week's reported agreement on radical economic reform between the Soviet Union's two pre-eminent leaders could be every bit as momentous for the 21st.