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"Officers today believe that it is their role to insist and advocate rather than merely advise on key elements of decisions concerning the use of force," the study said.

The attempted coup d'état was very much along the lines of what Zawahiri had been advocating: rather than revolution, he favored a sudden, surgical military action, which would be far less bloody.

A previous version of the legislation would have required that states audit their election results "by hand and not by device". In practice, that means conducting the rigorous paper-based audits that election security experts advocate, rather than software-based reviews.

Recasting the role of the physician as a physical activity advocate rather than as a gatekeeper is recommended for incorporation into guidelines for exercise screening.

Gordon T. Stulberg, Toronto-born attorney who learned early on that his favorite way to practice law was advocating rather than advising and went on to become a major entertainment industry negotiator and executive, has died at the age of 76.

Perhaps Browne would have more luck if he were an environmental advocate rather than a scientist.

Getting sentimental about this, however, would involve becoming an advocate rather than a sceptic.

Parents facing due-process hearings often seek the assistance of nonlawyer advocates rather than lawyers.

A | New rules suggest big law firms will increasingly use qualified solicitor-advocates rather than high-calibre barristers.

And the warrants will only be contestable by a government-picked "public interest advocate", rather than the news organisation itself.

Johnson decided to read up on the amendment she'd been instructed to oppose, but her research made her into an advocate rather than an adversary.