1.   An acquisition of Houghton Mifflin, an educational publisher in the United States, would not appear to advance that agenda.

2.   Bush, headlining the black tie galA for the GOP, praised donors as the key to advancing his agenda.

3.   But Democratic opponents of the measure accused Republicans of continuing to play politics with the debt limit issue in order to advance their agenda.

4.   But in reality, it may do very little to stop the charismatic former sports psychologist from advancing his agenda.

5.   Congressional opponents of abortion rights have come up with yet another scheme to advance their agenda.

6.   Global warming skeptics are just as vitriolic, accusing the White House of sensationalizing bad weather to advance their agenda.

7.   He is advancing an agenda, while the Democrats are erecting roadblocks, he said.

8.   In recent weeks, Pitt has appeared besieged from all sides as he has tried to advance an agenda.

9.   In their youth, both had been convinced that only violence could advance their agenda.

10.   Instead, they were opportunities to advance an agenda that had nothing to do with the crisis at hand.