Word: championed
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...challenges posed by the drive to do good can spark innovation. A champion of corporate social activism, Swartz became concerned five years ago about toxic organic compounds in the cements used to bind different materials in shoes. The volatile chemicals are poisonous to laborers and bad for the environment. So he asked Timberland researchers to find a less toxic alternative to those adhesives. As it turned out, Nike, far along on its own journey to environmental responsibility (one that has made it the largest retail consumer of organic cotton), was way ahead in developing viable water-based cements...
...million Gallons of heating oil Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez, a self-styled champion of the poor, has started selling at a steep discount to poor U.S. neighborhoods...
...coached.” On the women’s side, the Crimson found little trouble against Brandeis, only a few days after falling in a tightly contested match to Penn State. Harvard was led by another dominating performance by sophomore foil Emily Cross, who is the current junior champion. Along with her teammates in the foil, the Crimson women are one of the best squads in that weapon in the country. The men’s team will return to the MAC one more time this year when it takes on Boston College on Feb. 8, 2006. The Harvard...
...Friedlander:I don’t do jokes about bars. Because I’m a role model to children.Judah Friedlander is a self-described “comedian, national teen idol, international star of the silver screen, Navy SEAL, master of the martial arts, Bigfoot expert, [and] world champion.” He recently played an Independent Spirit Award-nominated supporting role as Toby in 2004’s “American Splendor.” Todd Barry:Two Harvard students walk into a bar. They’re about to order, then they realize that if they...
...many in the ruling African National Congress, Zuma's fall from grace is viewed not as a tale of personal failings, but instead as the workings of a conspiracy to blunt the grassroots left-wing challenge for the leadership of which the former Deputy President had been a champion...