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  • n  an outstanding leader of a political movement
  • n  the soldier who carries the standard of the unit in military parades or in battle

  • A shrewd strategist and an inspirational leader, the 30-year-old Bloemfontein native was also a standard-bearer for his country.
  • In subsequent days and weeks, Mayor Daley of Chicago led the voices of those who sought to enlist me as a standard-bearer against Richard Nixon.
  • She may be better remembered as the revolutionary sex kitten of 1960s French cinema, but these days Brigitte Bardot is better known as a standard-bearer of the anti-immigrant wing .
News & Articles

  • Va. gubernatorial candidates differ on debate, too
    Just as Virginia Democrats were rounding out their statewide ticket for the fall elections this week, their party standard-bearer, Terry McAuliffe, was objecting to a rule for the first scheduled gubernatorial debate that would allow the candidates to ask each other one question. The debate, scheduled for July at the ...
    June 13, 2013 - The Washington Times
  • Kay Bailey Hutchison Joins FleishmanHillard's International Advisory Board
    ST. LOUIS, June 11, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Former U.S. Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison has joined the International Advisory Board (IAB) at FleishmanHillard, the firm announced today. "For years I have known FleishmanHillard as the standard-bearer in the communications industry, leading...
    June 11, 2013 - PR Newswire
  • Rifts exposed as Modi chosen to lead India's opposition party
    By Anurag Kotoky NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Acrimony over the selection on Sunday of Narendra Modi to head the opposition's campaign in India's coming election exposed rifts within his Hindu nationalist party. Several senior leaders of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) stayed away from the meeting at which Modi was appointed as standard-bearer for elections due by next May, a position that could make ...
    June 9, 2013 - Reuters via Yahoo! News
Quotes

  • Michael Fedele in The Connecticut Mirror
    Qualifying for the clean elections program means our campaign will now have the resources to compete with our wealthy self-funding opponents in the primary and against whoever emerges as the Democrat standard-bearer in August,Fedele said.
  • David Plouffe in Forbes
    No one is more disappointed that Florida Democrats will have no role in selecting delegates for the nomination of the party's standard-bearer than Senator Obama,Obama campaign manager David Plouffe said in a statement.

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