Much more than that, he transformed that office into a place of forceful advocacy for consumers' rights, environmental protection and many other causes that grew in strength because of his legacy.

Michael Milken"s Contradictions Mr. Milken's forceful advocacy of the Boesky deal may have turned out to be the second most important thing ever to have happened at Drexel.

A noted public speaker, Asanuma was unusual in postwar Japan for his forceful advocacy of socialism, and his support of the Chinese Communist Party was particularly controversial.

"In the mid-twentieth century, her forceful advocacy pushed children's services to the forefront of the profession and brought the best library materials and services to generations of young people."

Mr. Jones emphasized that he had no financial gain from the settlement, only a desire for more forceful advocacy.

While lobbyists did not create the current impasse, their forceful advocacy has magnified differences among competing interests.

Many middle-class women admire her for her forceful advocacy of women's rights.

Mr. Flynn's forceful advocacy has changed that view.

Indeed, forceful advocacy of the single-payer approach offers a golden opportunity for any serious presidential candidate.

Or Mr. Dole may have decided he is better off without the endorsement of a group whose forceful advocacy for gun-owners stirs such controversy.