Word: championed
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...Obama's victory represents not only a change in the economic order but also the primacy of some fundamental freedoms. It has been our "conservative" party, the supposed champion of liberty, that curtailed the right of habeas corpus, the right to enter into a lifelong relationship with a chosen partner and the right not to be subjected to unwarranted surveillance from our government. Bill Brownson, Woodland, Calif...
...hang out like a warm shower and get up in the morning and know this wasn’t just a professional relationship,” he said, donning a bathrobe and pulling a cigar from his pocket. A few minutes later, the judges named Coleman the champion, joking that his gifts of cigars and whiskey hadn’t hurt his chances. Coleman and other contestants said they enjoyed the experience, despite its absurdity. “I’m overjoyed, though I have mixed feelings about winning a [B.S.] competition,” Coleman said, breaking into...
Even at Harvard, a supposed champion of intellectual honesty, most are afraid to acknowledge the problem that exists within Islam. In 2006, when Muslim students protested the Harvard Foundation’s sponsorship of a talk by Hirsi Ali, the Foundation pulled its sponsorship of the event. When Hirsi Ali came anyway, a coalition of Harvard Muslim students stood up and screamed at her, rattling off her supposed crimes against Islam and declaring that it was she who was responsible for Van Gogh’s death. This is only one example of the culture that is arising at Harvard...
...millions of Italians tuned into the ever-popular local version of Celebrity Survivor, or Isola dei Famosi ("Island of the Famous"). The show was wrapping up its sixth season with the coronation of the latest champion, Vladimir Luxuria, a former cabaret performer and Refounded Communist party member. In 2006, the unlikely politician became the first transvestite to be elected to Italy's parliament...
...state RAI network and follows the success of the local version of Big Brother shown on Berlusconi's Mediaset network. In a sense, Luxuria's victory brings the process full circle. Berlusconi's leftist opponents, often so critical of the lowbrow entertainment that the Prime Minister has championed, now have a lowbrow champion of their...