Word: championed
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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FINALLY, Frank should run for re-election because the scandal will not ruin his effectiveness in Congress. He will continue to earn the respect of Democrats and Republicans for being a dedicated legislator. He will continue to champion the cause of women, minorities and the poor. If Frank could distinguish himself in Congress as an acknowledged gay, he can do the same as an acknowledged gay who made serious mistakes...
...Barrow, 40, a black businessman the mayor defeated four years ago by painting him as a pawn of white suburbanites. But Barrow has been blasting at Young's predilection for sparkling downtown development projects over measures to help the city's devastated neighborhoods. A cousin of the heavyweight champion Joe Louis, Barrow also derides the mayor as a holdover "from an old era" who naively granted sizable tax abatements to Chrysler and General Motors for plant construction projects that did not create as many jobs as promised or that cost taxpayers too much. Barrow promotes himself as wise...
...defending national champion Hoosiers enter the game ranked sixth in the country and sporting a five game winning streak. The squad's only loss this year came in its opening game against Virginia...
Junior Amy deLone will be filling in for Dragomirescu in the first flight in the singles competition. Last year she emerged as the champion of the second flight, upsetting top-seeded Lauren Fortgang of Brown in straight sets in the final...
...NOTEBOOK: Harvard makes its big trip to Bloomington, Ind., this weekend to face returning national champion Indiana at 3 p.m. (EST) Sunday...D'Onofrio put in what Getman called his "best performance in years" and continues to lead the Crimson scoring list with two goals and an assist for five points...The Crimson had 15 shots to Hartford...