One of the most eloquent defenders of the sport turned out to be Jennie Keith, the provost, a Quaker, an anthropologist and decidedly not a football fan.

One of the most eloquent defenders of this aspect of Lamarckianism was a Viennese biologist and socialist, Paul Kammerer.

But he was an eloquent defender of the board and of accounting in general.

Tall, strong featured and bearded, Connell was an eloquent defender of Modernism.

Throughout his long life, he remained medicare's most eloquent defender".

By the end of his life, Zappa had changed from a failed porno producer to a trade representative for Czechoslovakia and an eloquent defender of potty-talk.

Vicky McElligott, a Ballymun resident with a clipped Dublin accent, is an eloquent defender of the local horse culture.

In three turbulent years in office, Mr. Netanyahu was a tough and eloquent defender of Israeli security needs.

"Clearly, his strength is not going to be as the most eloquent defender of a given policy," said Brian Ballard, the Governor's chief of staff in Tallahassee.

Lessig is one of the most prominent and eloquent defenders of the Copy Left's belief that copyright law should return to its Jeffersonian roots.