1.   He has been a staunch advocate of the open skies policy which has helped to open up regional aviation.

2.   As a staunch advocate of embracing Sonics history, Schultz somehow overlooked the fact that the reason most people came over the last three decades is to watch players.

3.   A staunch advocate of journalism as a tool for change, she once traveled to Colombia to talk to editors about using their papers to combat the drug trade.

4.   But even staunch advocates say the tariffs pose clear economic risks.

5.   Critics of the legislation include Arizona professors and some teachers who are staunch advocates of the whole language literature approach to reading.

6.   Etherington, a writer and lawyer by education, was also a staunch civil rights advocate.

7.   Former Gwinnett County Commissioner Tommy Hughes, a staunch advocate of the center, said donating the land was one of the best moves the county has made.

8.   Fyodorov is a staunch advocate of the free market and has told associates that if he were a U.S. citizen, he would be a Republican.

9.   Gramm, a staunch MSA advocate, said he could not compromise on these accounts in order to get a bill passed.