11.   FROM cramped offices above Blackwellgate in Darlington Jackson Taylor is championing the cause of NorthEast firms in one of the most difficult periods for the small business community.

12.   Amid the controversy, many Russians are cynical about the men claiming to champion the cause of press freedom.

13.   An Army brat who grew up on bases around the United States and in Italy, Keyes has been championing conservative causes since adolescence.

14.   And since aliens do not vote, they cannot elect anyone to champion their cause.

15.   As a member of Congress, he championed liberal causes, supporting abortion rights and gun control while opposing the death penalty.

16.   Big business has long been accustomed to looking to the Republican Party to champion its causes.

17.   Although Bush has championed the cause of religious freedom, he has not focused on human rights in general nearly as much as his predecessors.

18.   But if Haas remains the company philosopher, Marineau has championed the cause of pragmatism.

19.   But the Bosnian Serbs may still be tempted by chauvinism as long as that cause is championed in Belgrade.

20.   But the idea of championing the cause of the average citizen against the excesses of the free market is something Kuttner has repeatedly urged the Democrats to do.