He spearheaded efforts to shift to nontoxic biocontrol by creating pest-resistant strains of plants and using natural enemies, including other insects, to kill bugs.
In 2005 and 2006, for example, he spearheaded battles to prod the administration to sign laws banning the use of torture on military detainees.
Baraka, the author of such seminal stage works as "Dutchman," "The Toilet," and "The Slave" (all from 1964), carried his passion over to the theatre, and before the Black Arts Movement, which he spearheaded, came to an end, around 1975, he galvanized a number of other marginalized writers to find their voices onstage, too.
Mr. LaValle has always presented himself as a reformer, and last year he spearheaded changes to the town ethics code barring elected and appointed officials from also serving as leaders of political parties.
His branding touched on the previously untapped worlds of luxury watch marketing and he spearheaded an effort to sell to the the hip hop music industry as well as the worlds of basketball and football.
Whether or not the LA striker goes out on loan during the offseason remains to be seen, but he spearheaded the Galaxy to MLS Cup and ended the game and the season in scoring fashion from the penalty spot.
Anthony began his career on his family's fourth generation egg farm where he spearheaded the effort to change from conventional to organic, cage-free eggs.
As a director at Sunbeam in 1996, he spearheaded a move to pay its directors in shares, and to make them buy stock.
His close relationship with casino owners -- he spearheaded the drive to abolish the brief period when casinos were forced to shut down, a move that allowed them to operate 24 hours a day -- has left him flush with cash and made him perhaps the most powerful political figure in Atlantic City.
But he was referring specifically to a promotion he spearheaded in 2001, hoping to get celebrities like Jennifer Garner and Sarah Jessica Parker to wear Mickey Mouse T-shirts and give the character a more contemporary appeal.
