Word: championed
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Immigration restrictionists typically underestimate the sheer gravitational power of American life. Immigration renews the immigrant more than it renews America. The Catholics who so worried the Know-Nothings became champion practitioners of democratic politics; in the 20th century, their descendants' devotion to religious and political liberty helped convert the worldwide Roman Catholic Church at Vatican...
...Barrios, who was elected to the Massachusetts House in 1998 and Senate in 2002, is known as a champion of gay rights and other progressive issues, such as expanding medical coverage for low-income individuals and providing emergency-room interpreters for non-English speaking patients...
Elected to the Massachusetts House in 1998 and Senate in 2002, Barrios is known as a champion of gay rights and other progressive issues, such as expanding medical coverage for low-income individuals and providing emergency-room interpreters for non-English speaking patients. His district, which covers Middlesex, Suffolk, and Essex counties, is among the most progressive in the state...
...that amnesty is on the table. On the other side, Latino, Asian and Catholic groups have been lobbying Democrats furiously, arguing that families provide a social safety net, a built-in acculturation system and job and language training that the government--and taxpayers--would otherwise have to fund. Their champion in the Senate is Massachusetts Democrat Ted Kennedy, which is why Kyl and Kennedy have been meeting in back rooms of the Capitol to haggle over a point-based system in which both skills and family ties would count to an applicant's advantage. But under any scenario, siblings, parents...
...record for RBIs with 180. Nine of the deep blasts and 44 RBIs have come this year. “The key is going to be every single person playing the best game they have ever played,” Kidder said. SCOUTING ALBANY Albany, the American East Champion, is set to make its third straight NCAA tournament appearance. The region’s fourth seed, the Great Danes (33-15, 11-9 A-East) are led by senior third basemen Kelly Ogden who has blasted 10 home runs to go with 43 RBI and a batting average of .357.Ogden...