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advocates

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n. (plural of advocate English) vb. (en-third-person singular of: advocate )

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" Advocates " (German: "Fürsprecher") is a prose piece by Franz Kafka , probably written in 1922, but not published until 1936, after Kafka's death. It is a monologue describing the difficulty and the necessity of finding advocates , or people to speak ...

Usage examples of advocates.

And many of the most thoughtful advocates of deterrence of Iraq argue that just as the United States abjured rollback of the USSR during the Cold War because of the fear of the costs of doing so, we should abstain from regime change in Iraq for the same reasons.

Antonius Hybrida went home, appalled to discover that his advocates had no wish to accompany him.

Even if we did anyway, and even if it succeeded, it would be unlikely to achieve the advantages that its American advocates have held out for it.

Baghdad, and many of its advocates, may believe that they can bargain with the United States, offering greater cooperation in the war on terrorism in return for U.

On the other hand, through its aggressive rhetoric, the Bush administration has convinced many people around the world that it intends to use force against Iraq, and this conviction has given Iraq and its advocates pause.

The hawks, led by Indyk and Parris, countered that the United States could hold the line for as long as it wanted if the administration was willing to make Iraq a priority and push back hard whenever Iraq or one of its advocates challenged the sanctions, inspections, or other elements of containment.

Because these secondary sanctions would be so draconian, every time the United States intelligence community found a country guilty of smuggling with Iraq, its advocates within the U.

This leaves the door open for further efforts by Iraq and its advocates to hamstring and water down UNMOVIC.

United States were willing to threaten a full-scale invasion of Iraq, both the Iraqis and their advocates in the United Nations would be willing to accept a robust inspections regime as their only alternative.

INC and its American supporters, since the fall of the Taliban, some of its advocates have divorced the idea from the need to back the INC as the primary opposition group.

By making this more realistic argument, some of the advocates of the Afghan Approach hope to save the plan by jettisoning its architects.

This is why the newspapers are full of stories about how the uniformed military leadership is fighting with the civilian advocates of the Afghan Approach in the Office of the Secretary of Defense.

In particular, critics of this notion believe that it would be unlikely to produce the kind of stability that its advocates seek.

Sometimes a brilliant advocate will find a hole in the law that can let in an entire ocean-Hybrida will be defended by the best advocates in Rome.

If I prosecute, then Quintus Hortensius will defend, and other advocates almost as famous will join him as his juniors.