1.   A spokesman for San Francisco Mayor Willie Brown, who has championed the project from the start, said the suit has no merit.

2.   Marin County Supervisor Steve Kinsey has also championed the project, helping to secure funds for studies.

3.   Reynoso did not passionately champion the project during his testimony to the board.

4.   The administration was also quick to note that the Dabhol energy project was initially championed by the Clinton administration.

5.   The approval over the weekend is considered a victory for France, whose scientific, political and business leaders have championed the project.

6.   The projects were championed by Bud Shuster, R-Pa., the powerful chairman of the House Transportation Committee.

7.   Middelhoff has also championed a project to publish the memoirs of Holocaust survivors.

8.   The project has been championed by long-serving Premier Li Peng.

9.   While former Chancellor Helmut Kohl championed the project, the new government leans toward scrapping it in favor of better preserving existing memorials, such as former concentration camps.