Curran was a vociferous advocate of maritime workers' rights.

(Full disclosure: I personally have been the most visible and vociferous advocate of inflation targeting.)

But while few were paying attention, government spending surpassed the amounts envisioned in the stimulus measure, exceeding what even the most vociferous advocates wanted.

He later became a journalist and edited the Leader, becoming a vociferous advocate for land reform.

Mr. Sellers has become a vociferous advocate for change, to the dismay of the traditionalists who run the racing circuit.

Mr. Schwarzenegger, a Republican and a vociferous advocate of the death penalty, has not taken a position on the bill, though a top aide has publicly criticized it.

Exelon CEO John Rowe is a vociferous and longtime advocate of climate change legislation.

An inspiring leader and vociferous advocate for Broadway, he taught us by example how to succeed in the theatre.

Smith also became a vociferous advocate of statehood for the District of Columbia.

But Cobb is perhaps best known as a militant secessionist, a framer of the Confederate Constitution and one of the nation's most vociferous advocates of slavery.