Other advocates also advise against purchasing extended warranties, maintaining that they are a cash cow for retailers, many of whom will refuse to repair items covered under such plans, if at all possible.

The announcement, by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Environmental Protection Agency, repeats what advocates for people with AIDS and others have been advising for a while.

But rather than basing coverage decisions on price alone, the advocates advise people to talk with friends and insurance regulators to learn how various companies treat customers.

Unless the F.D.A. allows Plan B to be sold without a prescription, advocates for easy access to the drug advise women to get a prescription from their doctors and fill it well before they need it.

For this reason, even enthusiastic advocates of alternative investments are advising their universities not to expect that their wealth will continue to expand forever.

But advocates for consumers generally advise against them, noting they can be up to 10 times as expensive as term insurance.

Showing compassion on Su, Wei spared him even though some advocates advised that Su be executed on the spot after court martial to enforce Wei's commanding authority.

And American anti-abortion advocates advised their Russian counterparts always to refer to a fetus as a child, and abortion as murder.

One of them is the right to have an advocate represent your interests and advise you.