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proponent

pruh poh nuhnt

  • n  a person who pleads for a cause or propounds an idea

  • The new President is a strong proponent of renewable sources of energy and has pledged a lot of money for the research of clean energy sources.
  • Again, the board bought the story of people like Lehigh University biologist Michael Behe, an ID proponent, who says that ID doesn't assume the existence of God (although Behe .
  • Says the dome's chief proponent, Community Development Director Mark Tigan: "It would be the ultimate in Yankee ingenuity.
News & Articles

  • Mozilla Launches Petition Telling The NSA To Stop Watching Us
    Mozilla has always been a staunch proponent of privacy. Its position hasn’t won the non-profit a lot of corporate friends, and its next move won’t win it many friends in government either. A bunch of privacy loving Web companies, including …
    June 12, 2013 - WebProNews
  • Signing of HB5 Just a Beginning
    Dallas — Tom Pauken, Republican candidate for Governor and a leading proponent of reform of our public education system in Texas, applauded the signing of House Bill 5 into law.
    June 11, 2013 - The Gilmer Mirror
  • Security contractor was determined to shine a light
    Edward Snowden, who has dropped out of sight after disclosing U.S. intelligence secrets, became a firm proponent of civil liberties while working for the NSA. WASHINGTON — He was a high school dropout, sometime junior college student and failed Army recruit.        
    June 11, 2013 - Los Angeles Times
Quotes

  • Vice President Dick Cheney in AFP
    I was and remain a strong proponent of our enhanced interrogation program. The interrogations were used on hardened terrorists after other efforts had failed,said Cheney.
  • Pope Benedict XVI in Canada.com
    This humanity of the 21st century appears as sure and self-sufficient master of its own destiny, the avid proponent of uncontested triumphs,the Pope added.
  • Barack Obama in Abilene Reporter-News
    As he told the AFL-CIO in 2003: "I happen to be a proponent of single payer, universal health care coverage ...... That's what I'd like to see."

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