Sentence examples for a vigorous proponent of from inspiring English sources

A vigorous proponent of private enterprise and free trade, he signed trade treaties with England (1860), Belgium (1861), and Italy (1863).

George Marshall, a vigorous proponent of civil rights and a conservationist with a special passion for the Adirondack Mountains, died in Nyack, N.Y., on May 21.

For years she has been a vigorous proponent of reform in health, education and child care, but always as an unelected advocate.

In the 1920s, Mr. Corbett became a vigorous proponent of the skyscraper age, predicting that elevated sidewalks, urban airfields and subterranean rail lines would solve congestion problems.

The works of David Henry Hwang, the most prominent Asian American dramatist of the 20th century, are not limited to Asian concerns, but he was a vigorous proponent of the Asian American theatre movement.

In a separate interview with The Times, Mr. King said he wants to prevent Republican Party from drifting away from its traditional role as a vigorous proponent of tough national defense policies.

The council has been the most vigorous proponent of creating a semiautonomous southern superregion similar to the Iraqi region of Kurdistan, even though its political ally, Prime Minister Nuri Kamal al-Maliki, has been trying to head off the diffusion of Baghdad's power.

Mr. Domenici is perhaps the Senate's most vigorous proponent of nuclear power and, as a new shepherd for any energy bill, will have priorities that include building support for that industry.

Within the Bush administration, Mr. Cheney has been the most vigorous proponent of the theory that Iraq and Al Qaeda had a cooperative relationship before the Sept. 11 attacks.

The IACNC's registered address is at a photocopying shop in Albany, California, owned by Behnam Mirabdal who has made financial donations to Ros-Lehtinen and Dana Rohrabacher, a subcommittee chairman who is among the most vigorous proponents of unbanning the MEK.

A Texas congressman, Bob Filner, who has been among the most vigorous proponents of delisting the MEK, has described it as "Iran's main opposition" and a US "ally" against the Tehran government.