1.   As spokesman in chief for the island nation, the bearded leader displays a freewheeling style.

2.   Alarcon and Lage are the two most frequently mentioned successors to the charismatic bearded leader.

3.   Koksal said to Muhammed Tokcan, the bearded leader of the hijackers, in a conversation played on Turkish television.

4.   Rose petals were showered on the bearded Moslem separatist leader while he was carried down the street on the shoulders of supporters, they said.