But even the dog's most ardent defenders concede that there is one less rooster in this town because of him.

Oh right, Ars is a humorless forum where every target of criticism has its ardent defenders.

Put it this way: in Canada, respectable business executives are ardent defenders of "socialized medicine."

While the President had his share of ardent defenders, many others fully believed the worst.

Arthur Griffin, the school board's most ardent defender of the desegregation plan, recently left the board after 17 years.

Wallace remained an ardent defender of natural selection for the rest of his life.

But Ms. King said his most ardent defender on the jury was white.

All three parties are ardent defenders of neo-liberal capitalism.

He felt strongly that he was Denmark's most ardent defender.

And although his plays got him in trouble with the authorities on occasion, he remained an ardent defender of Soviet-style socialism.