After meeting the Maharishi, Mr. Scranton became a life-long proponent and practitioner of transcendental meditation and returned home to pursue a more conventional career in politics, serving two terms as lieutenant governor.
County Executive Steve Levy, long a proponent of crackdowns on illegal immigrants, called the defendants "white supremacists".
Long a proponent of planned suicide, Ms. Roman, who had cancer, participated in a documentary film about her preparations, "Choosing Suicide".
Even the mayor of Kaminoseki, Shigemi Kashiwabara, long a proponent of the planned power plant, suggested that it might have to be scrapped.
Long a proponent of civil unions, Mr. Obama said his views had changed in part because of prodding by friends who are gay and by conversations with his wife and daughters.
Long a proponent of a strong bullpen, Valentine is more concerned with his bullpen, where the Mets will most likely begin the season without the setup man John Franco, who is returning from left elbow surgery.
Long a proponent of dispute resolution, upon retirement, he served as a Mediator for the US District Court of NJ, a part of the New Jersey Supreme Court Civil Mediation Program and a member of the NJ Panel of Distinguished Neutrals.
The shift could prove particularly complicated for Mr. McCain, of Arizona, who, in his own view, began gathering strength as a candidate after conditions in Iraq appeared to improve; he was long a proponent of increasing troop strength there, and national security and the war are the two mainstays of his campaign appearance.
Yet, as he guided his wife and 13-year-old son through the remnants of the grim jail known as the Hanoi Hilton, Mr. McCain, long a proponent of better relations with Vietnam, betrayed feelings still raw a quarter of a century later.
But the Mark Green who presents himself to voters this time is not exactly the same Mr. Green who has been such a provocative and colorful -- his critics would say abrasive -- figure in New York public life for so long, the proponent of the liberal wing of his party, the inexhaustible tormentor of Mayor Rudolph W. Giuliani.
