1.   But the second-term congresswoman is also an ardent champion of free trade.

2.   Even Steven S. Reinemund, head of the snack food business and its most ardent champion, acknowledges that the primordial Coke vs. Pepsi struggle is hard to disregard.

3.   Forbes, who campaigned in Texas this weekend, is an ardent champion of a flat tax.

4.   He noted that German Chancellor Helmut Kohl and other ardent champions of the single currency see it chiefly as a way of drawing Europe closer together politically.

5.   It had a few ardent champions but not much of a presence.

6.   Its history as a charter of state sovereignty has been fitful, with the chief justice its most ardent modern champion on the court.

7.   No one is a more ardent champion of native grasses.

8.   The Clinton administration may have prematurely concluded that Grigory Yavlinsky, a more ardent champion of reform, cannot make it into the decisive second round of balloting.

9.   Unlike Yavlinsky, Fyodorov is a ardent champion of the currency board approach.

10.   In recent years Cousteau has become an ardent champion of marine conservation and protection.