As modernist design becomes trendier, some of its longtime champions are skeptical of the newly converted.

He is the Senate's strongest advocate for the arts and a longtime champion of education, abortion rights and anti-discrimination legislation.

Mr. Hall is also a longtime champion of American writers, their neglected works included.

Trinidad, the longtime welterweight champion, has added 13 pounds and now commands the middleweights.

Senator Boxer has been a longtime champion of California's agricultural industry, and she understands its vital importance to the state's economy.

Interestingly, women are diving deeper into the political money game at the very moment that some of its longtime champions are deserting the field.

Mr. Wallace, a Democrat who was a longtime champion of states' rights, dominated his own state for almost a generation.

He was a longtime champion of sensitivity training and encounter groups in business and employed three psychologists on his corporate staff.

He had been preceded by Helen and Scott Nearing, longtime champions of something they called "the good life."

Ms. Woodward, a longtime champion of liberal causes, has a special affection for Odets.