1.   One passionate advocate of appraisals is Canon Hardaker, whose lucid guidelines should be compulsory reading for many a line manager.

2.   And thus was Miep Gies thrust into the international spotlight, a reluctant celebrity but a passionate advocate for peace.

3.   Boyce is a passionate advocate of improving health care for minorities.

4.   A passionate advocate for shoes as the root of all fashion, Benoit Meleard, is the new designer for the Loewe shoe collection.

5.   Could it be that the audience who came to hear Baez, a passionate advocate of nonviolence, felt the United States was participating in a just war?

6.   County Executive Ron Sims is a passionate advocate of telecommuting, e-mail, the Internet and techno-everything.

7.   Dominique de Menil, world-famous art collector, philanthropist and passionate advocate for human rights, died early Wednesday morning at her home.

8.   He and two like-minded former presidents, Jimmy Carter and George Bush, demonstrate that the most passionate advocates of this reform are those who know the system best.

9.   He remains a passionate advocate for donor programs, hoping an Olympic medal will give him the platform to create awareness.

10.   He was a passionate advocate of protectionism, favoring tariffs to limit imports and other barriers designed to shield domestic industries from the threat of foreign competition.