Instead, he took up the cause of large families, which was once also championed by Soviet leaders.

Some defense lawyers who once championed such orders are now changing their minds.

The Duchess in particular never forgave the man who had once championed her.

The rule changes come as even investment houses that once championed the practice are abandoning the business in droves.

Federal sentencing guidelines were once championed by liberal Democrats.

Central to both was the "individual mandate" - compulsion by the state to buy health insurance - and Gingrich once championed it.

Progressives once championed states as laboratories of democracy.

Many who once championed Showalter's deft handling of his bench now see over-managing.

Intellectuals who once championed the Solidarity movement now want to build a secular European state on the model of France.

Soon thereafter, the plan came under attack by some of the same Republican legislators who once championed Blackhawks for the Colombian police.