The origin of the United States lies in the adoption of a Constitution whose advocates favored a limited government.

Nonetheless, many children's advocates and law-enforcement officials favor the checks.

An advocate of freedom of emigration and freedom of religious expression, Dr. Shushkevich has also favored the free market over state control of the economy.

The advocates of legalization favor a variety of approaches.

He is, of course, aware that animal-rights advocates and others do not favor shooting wild animals for sport or display, and he accepts that, he said.

Most advocates favor raising the gasoline tax by 10 to 25 cents a gallon but some are mentioning figures as high as 50 cents or even $1, phased in over several years.

The citizens advisory group and local environmental advocates favored incineration - as long as it would take place far from the site.

He has described himself as conservative - "very conservative," he said yesterday - but nevertheless an advocate for greater economic growth than Mr. Greenspan might favor.

The pro-public-power advocates favor a takeover of the utility - apparently at any price.

These advocates favor child access prevention (CAP) laws that require owners to keep their guns locked up and/or hold adult gun owners responsible if a youth accesses a poorly secured gun and causes harm with it.