1.   Among those scheduled to testify are Sen. Joseph Lieberman, D-Conn., the Democratic vice-presidential nominee and a longtime crusader against the marketing of sex and violence.

2.   He has been a longtime crusader against anti-scientific ideas.

3.   Her campaign also released a television commercial Thursday that highlights her education proposals and paints her as a longtime crusader for public schools.

4.   Matthew Myers, a lawyer for the Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids and a longtime anti-tobacco crusader, is negotiating a settlement as well.

5.   Some GOP strategists view the winner in the primary, Michael Bailey, a longtime anti-abortion crusader, as too much a one-note candidate to defeat Hill.

6.   Waxman is the ranking Democrat on the Commerce subcommittee that handles health issues and is a longtime crusader against the tobacco industry.

7.   Bailey is a longtime anti-abortion crusader.

8.   Bill Beckham, a longtime crusader for improving education and race relations in Detroit, died Thursday of a pulmonary embolism that led to cardiac arrest.