Word: championing
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...tweaked soul sound of Kanye West, “The Blueprint 3” plays out like a smoky reminiscence of days gone by with equal parts bravado and modesty. On “A Star is Born,” he graciously plays the part of the seasoned champion, asking for applause on behalf of Wu-Tang Clan, Kanye, 50 Cent, T.I., Eminem, Outkast, and several other noteworthy MCs, while simultaneously passing the torch to Lil’ Wayne and Drake and placing himself in a class above all the rest. The boasts aren’t unfounded?...
...After eight months of phone tag with members of the athletic department, the Harvard Mixed Martial Arts Club became the Harvard Self Defense Club. The club does not champion brute violence or mindless “fighting”, but, according to Eggers, can guarantee “high intensity cardio training and a mix of weights, bodyweight exercises, hard drills, speedbag, pull ups, and jumping jacks...
Westerwelle espouses the economic liberalism that has always defined the FDP, and under his eight-year command he has positioned his party as the champion of the Mittelstand, Germany's formidable family-owned companies. "When a big company gets into difficulty, the German eagle comes to the rescue. When a Mittelstand company gets into trouble, the vultures circle," Westerwelle said in May. His recipe for growth: encourage private investment and cut taxes. "You can sign 100 stimulus programs but if investing doesn't gain momentum, the economy won't get better," he says...
...could take advantage of the crisis to split the party and cross over to the Likud, where Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has been trying to woo them for months. Such a move would bolster Netanyahu's shaky coalition that depends for its survival on small right-wing parties that champion unlimited Israeli settlement in the West Bank...
...country's first black president was coming to honor its great champion for the poor, in a church that tells the story of the city over the years. It anchors a neighborhood once known for crime and drugs and violence, now a fizzing mix of college kids and old Irish and new immigrants and young families and stores that offer "Indian, Pakistani, Middle Eastern, Asian, Spanish, and American Groceries." In the days before, many thousands had come to pay their respects...