This article highlights Rep. Chu's fierce advocacy to protect funding for L.A.'s community health clinics.

If Mr. Aronson wins the post, he would succeed Elliott Abrams, whose fierce advocacy of aid to the contras alienated many Democrats.

A lifelong activist for many causes, Jill worked selflessly for the betterment of her clients and community through fierce legal advocacy and unmatched loyalty to her clients.

With John Rothchild she wrote "Voice of the River," in 1987, an autobiography that told of her fierce advocacy of conservation measures to save the natural environment of South Florida.

Half a century later, that passionate empathy for nature had evolved into a fierce advocacy for the restoration of South Florida's fragile wetlands.

Williams' fierce advocacy for quality education and school choice is borne out of his own educational experience and witnessing the daily struggles, sacrifices and accomplishments of his mother Carole, an elementary school teacher in inner-city Philadelphia, now retired.

The more protracted the battle, the more elected officials can show off their fierce advocacy.

While Stern's public, avuncular demeanor belies a fierce, private advocacy, Bettman is slightly awkward publicly, yet intense and fast-thinking.

Ms. Douglas's formal education was in English and she made a name as a writer, yet she was best known for her careful observation and fierce advocacy of the Florida Everglades.

She was best known for her fierce advocacy of Nurses, her commitment to human rights and equality and her advocacy on behalf of children and child safety.