11.   In that post, she negotiated a landmark consent decree with the Boston Housing Authority, and won widespread praise as a forceful advocate and tough negotiator.

12.   Lake became a forceful advocate for a more determined response in Haiti and later in Bosnia.

13.   McCain has also become the most forceful advocate of using American ground troops to end the war, a move Forbes sees as foolish.

14.   Pat Choate may be a forceful advocate for trade restrictions and campaign-finance reform, but he will do little to energize the Perot effort.

15.   The Americans view Moore as a forceful advocate of ending subsidies for farmers that keep prices artificially high.

16.   Weld was a forceful advocate for clean water, clean air and open space regulations.

17.   When he retired, he was a business executive and a forceful public advocate for civil rights.

18.   Agriculture Secretary-designate Ann Veneman pledged Thursday to be a forceful advocate for farm interests but deflected most questions about specific positions on farm and food policy.

19.   Of the two leaders, Feeney has been the most forceful advocate for the Legislature to intervene in the disputed presidential race.

20.   With Democratic Sen. Sam Nunn of Georgia, Lugar has been a forceful advocate for aid to help Russia and other former Soviet client states dismantle their nuclear weapons.