“The youngest champion, you know ... to add a bit of color?” Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

“I shall authorize a champion to undertake this perilous journey, to retrieve the Golden Fleece and bring it back to camp. Or die trying.” The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

When your bodyguard and champion showed up at my office, I was expecting something more in the way of an invitation to play tennis. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z

“It’s the property of the champion he stole it from,” said Moody. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

He swaggered away happily with the proud smile of a champion, his shriveled head high and his emaciated chest out. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

This champion the lord of stormcloud, Zeus, and strong Apollo loved; nor had he ever to cross the doorsill into dim old age. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

“The winner of each game will receive a very special medal. The team with the most medals at the end of the week will be declared the winner, if not the champion.” Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z

“That’s okay. We just want to keep playing and prove we’re really champions. Besides, I thought finding the missing books was supposed to be the twelfth game.” Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z

I told Cassius, “Do you think Allah has brought about all this intending for you to leave the ring as anything but the champion?” The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Heads of Beauxbatons and Durmstrang will be arriving with their shortlisted contenders in October, and the selection of the three champions will take place at Halloween. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

“We suck at football. Hockey’s our game. Let’s hit the party like champions.” Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

The old method dictated that in the event all the games were played and there was a tie, the reigning champion would retain the title. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

As they carried their shells down the ramp to the water, the national champion California boys were an intimidating sight. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Will the champions please follow Mr. Bagman down to the stadium now.” Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

As president, Roosevelt was known as the champion of the working man. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z

First hurdle in our way was Sun Valley, champions of the Pima Feague. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z

“But if this is the issue you want to champion, we will stand behind you.” The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

Sir Mador decided to save himself the expense of a champion by fighting his own case, and he insisted that Guenever must brief a champion for her defence. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

He wrote, “The system set up by the Fédération Internationale des Échecs...insures that there will always be a Russian world champion....The Russians arranged it that way.” Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

For me, watching two champions rip into each other is not enjoyable, but Kilorn loves it. Red Queen 2015-02-10T00:00:00Z

To see who would be the new heavyweight champion. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Evans recounted, “I had no idea that I was talking to a future world’s champion, just a very young master with great intensity. It was the beginning of a long and sometimes turbulent friendship.” Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

“Oh,” Spoade said, “the champion of dames. Bud, you excite not only admiration, but horror.” The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

She had a long history of championing public causes. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z

When I went to bed that night I had a dream about him doing a whole bunch of four-and-a-half-second fights until he became world champion. Lawn Boy 2007-06-12T00:00:00Z

It goes without saying that I defeat the standing champion, but the mechanics of the fight never really interest me. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

A Sudanese high official hugged me, “You champion the American black people!” The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

There were seven champions to attack the seven gates of Thebes, and seven others within as bold to defend them. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Let us move along, my lords. We have two queens to try for high treason, you may recall. My niece has elected trial by battle, she informs me. Ser Robert Strong will champion her.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

The deadline for moving ahead or abandoning the match was looming, and then it came...and went, with no further word from the champion. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Joan had been a champion horse-jumper at the annual college gymkhana, and I wondered if she had been sleeping in a stable. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

Tommen, her precious little boy, had named her champion to the Kings- guard. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

The Spotted Cat proposed to challenge the enemy to send forth a champion to face him in single combat. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

“The doctor in charge of the study, the one who’d started the distant healing research—she was the daughter of some chess champion or something, remember?” Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

She tried to dig her fingers in, but I was still a champion son. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

On June twenty-seventh of that year, nineteen thirty-seven, Joe Louis knocked out James J. Braddock to become the heavyweight champion of the world. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

She nodded, as calmly as if she had not heard his answer, and turned to the last of her champions. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

When the champions and their partners reached the table, Percy drew out the empty chair beside him, staring pointedly at Harry. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

A former all-around world aerobatics champion, she was qualified to pilot 20 types of aircraft. Women in Space 2014-02-01T00:00:00Z

The longtime champion often lapsed into time pressure, barely making the control. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Gandhi, the champion of Indian freedom, is on one of his umpteenth hunger strikes. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

Then—at last!—a champion came forward for Luke. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

The sophomores were the Pacific Coast varsity champions. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Furthermore, each wrestler belongs to a stable that is typically managed by a former sumo champion, so even the rival stables have close ties. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

The blue knight climbed unsteady to his feet, and raised his dirk in the direction of Renly Baratheon, the salute of a champion to his king. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

He liked being a champion and staying a champion. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z

“I asked McGonagall how the champions are chosen but she wasn’t telling,” said George bitterly. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

I had come looking for a parade, for a military review of champions marching in ranks. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

The winner of that final set of quiz questions will be declared our local elementary-school-level champion and will proceed to the nationals in Washington. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

Named after a woman who promoted the education of prisoners and championed humane conditions of confinement, Tutwiler has become an overcrowded, dangerous nightmare for the women trapped there. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

"And now I demand a champion, such as you have chosen for yourself. My brother Jaime will gladly take my part, I know." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

“I swear you’ll never wrestle in this school again. State champion or not.” We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

I was the three-time US national champion and the two-time World Champion, which meant people’s expectations of me in Glasgow were sky high. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

I was waiting for Sully to take notice, to see me and recognize that I was a champion. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

Once a champion has been selected by the Goblet of Fire, he or she is obliged to see the tournament through to the end. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

Stuck in Huntington, Elizebeth was—as she later put it—“beginning to realize what it meant to be a champion swimmer stranded in the Sahara.” The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

Kmoch, the arbiter, sensing that Bobby was a champion in the making, had already begun collecting the prodigy’s original score sheets as if they were early Rembrandt sketches. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

“You are a Hogwarts champion, and you will do what is expected of you as a representative of the school. So make sure you get yourself a partner, Potter.” Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

They had their champions, and somewhere we must have ours. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

But with the fastest runner and the champion climber of Mossflower, it was sure to be something spectacular! Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

Her team led the league by 4½ games, but their opponents were the defending champions and still had a chance to take the pennant. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z

He had been starting to quite like Cedric — prepared to overlook the fact that he had once beaten him at Quidditch, and was handsome, and popular, and nearly everyone’s favorite champion. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

Then Meliagrance ordered one of the horses to be hidden, and went back to the Queen to tell her that her champion had ridden ahead. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was a big wheel-president of her class and a physics major and the college hockey champion. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

Arthur Ashe played like a man possessed; and had Connors not been at his best, Ashe would have been crowned the champion. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

The union championed other progressive groups as well. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

You could tell that she was a world champion just by watching her march. Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z

Captains and champions fell or fled before them. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

Donald Byrne, the United States Open champion, said he was so on edge that he spent the entire day before the match trying not to think of chess, reading the romantic prose of Nathaniel Hawthorne. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

“I will allow our champion to consult the Oracle!” The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

He’s such a champion they could chop off his fingers and he’d carry on regardless. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

They seem to revel in it, using their superhuman strength to toss other champions around like rag dolls. Red Queen 2015-02-10T00:00:00Z

“You have a natural counterattack and that’s a strength we can exploit. I’m going to have fun turning you into a champion, Ibtihaj.” Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

The other realms, they had no such champions. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

There was no sign of any of the other champions, merpeople, Ron — nor, thankfully, the giant squid. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

Grammer was a rodeo star who had performed at Madison Square Garden and been crowned the steer-roping champion of the world. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

If the United States canceled the tests, it would lose technological ground to the Soviets; if it staged them, the nation would “lose the confidence of the Free World as the champion of peace.” Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

That issue, of course, was slavery, which was clearly incompatible with the principles of the American Revolution, no matter what version one championed. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

He would make his living during his travels by finding the local champion wherever he happened to be, and they would duel, and Inigo would disarm him and accept whatever they happened to bet. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

My friends and I prided ourselves on learning how to throw one another to the ground and on mastering the many moves of a champion wrestler. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

For example, take this sentence about Mrs. Granger: “Mrs. Granger, champion of the forces of order and authority, is battling hundreds of young frindle-fighters. Neither side is giving in.” Frindle 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

In a sixty-year career on the concert stage she tirelessly championed the music of her husband, of Brahms and of Chopin. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

He felt they sensed each other’s frayed loneliness as past champions, a nostalgia to which few could relate. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

The wooden man she had glimpsed, though, and the boy with the wolf’s face ... they were his servants, surely ... his champions, as Stannis was hers. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

"If it was music you wanted, you should have gotten the. singer to champion you." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Huxley was evolution’s public champion, still fighting for Darwinism. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

I have so many bad nights to choose from that I’ve made none the champion. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

No, I'm not the urinating champion of all time. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

True champions learn to dance through the storm.There are so many friends neighbors, Dad’s teammates, and family members packed into our living room that I have to go outside just to breathe. The Crossover 2014-03-18T00:00:00Z

One odd ambivalence was how some letters, otherwise all but championing Mr. Muhammad, would recoil at the expression “white devils.” The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m not sad. It’s a sporting event and I lost. Bobby’s the new champion. Now I must take a walk and get some fresh air.” Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Washington had become the national champions and swept the Hudson. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

A wave of purple capes roared in the audience as House Hyacinth celebrated their champion. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

So powerful did the evidence of Mangelsdorf’s tiny cobs seem that in the 1960s it buried the teosinte hypothesis, even though the latter’s champion, Beadle, had for other research won a Nobel Prize. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

Candy Man suddenly transformed from a champion to a child, and I suddenly got it—he was just desperate for some company. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Draws wouldn’t count, and in case of a 9–9 tie, the reigning champion would retain his title. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

There were many foreign heads of state and prime ministers who had long taken note of this charismatic champion of the people. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

Although he was champion, he was without a convincing portfolio, his right to wear the crown left in doubt by Bobby’s shadow. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

When I looked at the hairball on the payload, I didn’t see the eighth grade president; I saw the Super Bowl champions. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

"I thought you were exceptionally good tonight—it's time the woman had a champion in the movement. Until tonight I'd always heard you on minority problems." Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

America believes itself exceptional, the greatest and noblest nation ever to exist, a lone champion standing between the white city of democracy and the terrorists, despots, barbarians, and other enemies of civilization. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

If only his father knew that he hadn’t just ventured to find a champion to win gold, but also to get out—to get away from him, for as long as he could manage. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Before them marched the clansmen from the hills; chiefs and champions astride shaggy garrons, their hirsute fighters trotting beside them, clad in fins and boiled leather and old mail. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

He went from village to village and defeated every local champion. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

This film is about a world champion of chess. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Bagman looked somehow like a slightly overblown cartoon figure, standing amid all the pale-faced champions. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

“The champion should be one who has earned the camp’s respect, who has proven resourceful in the chariot races and courageous in the defense of the camp. You shall lead this quest... Clarisse!” The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

“You boys are sweet, courageous champions of your county. The lazy, undriven residents don’t deserve you. Which is perfect, because they won’t have you much longer.” The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

On the fifth hole, Ronan is leaping around singing some song about being the champion. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

Her last foe was a northman with an axe, a big man bald and bearded, clad in a bymie of patched and rusted mail that could only mean he was a chief or champion. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

That means I could be the champion in the opposite department. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

A champion was selected to represent each school, and the three champions competed in three magical tasks. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

Branwell told The Ancestors that Tina had started school without knowing a word of English and was the Illinois state spelling champion when she was in fourth grade. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Why bother? We don’t need Charlemagne to tell us we’re champions. Am I right?” Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z

However, he nodded politely like the other champions. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

Of all the many colorful and unique characters associated with the era of Prohibition, few were more charismatic or more unforgettable than Billy Sunday—one of the nation’s most passionate champions of the temperance movement. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z

Around this area, there could have been several jackets with “state champions” on them. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Growing up, I knew Ali was a heavyweight champion and one of the greatest of all time in the world of boxing. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

Play-by-Play The Red Rockets, defending county champions, are in the house tonight. The Crossover 2014-03-18T00:00:00Z

Exempt from the end-of-term tests as a Triwizard champion, Harry had been sitting in the back of every exam class so far, looking up fresh hexes for the third task. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

The Queen’s champion knocked Sir Mador down harder the second time. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m an athlete. A champion athlete, in fact. And I didn’t slack off during the season.” Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

In those days the upper classes hired champions to fight it out—which came to the same thing. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

This was the last fight between the two great champions, as all the immortals knew. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

He also studied the games of Mark Taimanov, the 1956 champion of the Soviet Union—and a concert pianist—who introduced novelties in opening play that Fischer found instructive. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Her only hope was trial by battle, and for that she must needs have a champion. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

They bowed us to the door, the champion of Locarno a little coldly. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

“That’s what I’m telling you. Traditionally, the champions and their partners open the ball.” Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

As a senior, for the second year in a row I was captain of the fencing team, and we continued defending our state champion status. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

The great Trojan champion had never before shown himself so brilliant and so brave. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

Applying the praise-word “champion” to Adolf Hitler feels a bit odd, and I don’t wish to be needlessly provocative. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z

He also writes about art, the art world, and their mutual goal of championing the Impressionists and other modern painters. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

“I win at being the worst at killing myself. I’m a champion, an American hero. USA! USA! USA!” I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

My mother, who is champion talker, was, of course, shouting at the same time. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

As a new coach at the foundation, Akhi needed to prove he had what it took to turn regular athletes into champions. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

A rich man, himself a former quiz champion, heard of the case and gave a large sum of money to the Washingtons to aid their search. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

William was a doubles tennis champion and later took up golf. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

I know that you will all extend every courtesy to our foreign guests while they are with us, and will give your whole-hearted sup port to the Hogwarts champion when he or she is selected. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

He just stood there, looking at the three champions. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

How does a few weeks of fencing compare with a champion’s years? Black Brother, Black Brother 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

Most times I only hear the word strong when Arthur is talking to Sonny or Henry about the heavyweight champion of the world, Joe Louis, or some other boxer he loves. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

This was the day he was going to be champion—the best runner of the fourth and fifth grades, and he hadn’t even won his heat. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z

The strength of a champion such as Martin. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

Actually, she looks like she could punch a champion boxer in the face and walk away unharmed. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

“We only need to win two more medals and we’re the champions!” Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z

“So the riddle asks, what makes the champion a coward?” Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

After all, didn’t Grandfather champion their wild tempers, and wasn’t Grandmother a near-white woman with police pull? I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

There can be no change of heart once you have become a champion. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

A champion of champions who would not eat frankfurters or fries from the hand of a begrudging host. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

“Will you look at that! Our youngest champion is quickest to get his egg! Well, this is going to shorten the odds on Mr. Potter!” Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

Behind the scenes, though, she became our champion, and it would be years before I realized everything she had accomplished on Luke’s and my behalf. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

A tall, gentle man with steel-rimmed glasses and a perpetual smile, Hartleb greeted everyone he met—champion or patzer, beginner or veteran, child or octogenarian—by bowing low and saying with deep reverence, “Master!” Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

She approached the god, followed by Octavian, who was bowing and scraping like a champion groveler. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

“To prove that we truly deserve to be crowned champions.” Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z

The other would come home the undisputed champion of American racing. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

He would have been looking forward to seeing Hagrid under normal circumstances, but Care of Magical Creatures meant seeing the Slytherins too — the first time he would come face-to-face with them since becoming champion. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

By the looks of it, the only champion who would be facing the unknown on Tuesday was Cedric. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

My school championed the carnival planning, led by Ms. Holly, who formed committees of students and volunteers from the local synagogue and Emily’s church. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

He was a historian of boxing lore and could narrate all twenty-six rounds of Jack Johnson’s famous bout in Havana in 1915 when the first black heavyweight champion of the world lost his title. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

He’d walked into this place buoyed on bravado, a survivor, a champion of the Barrel. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

“Let them fight,” grunted Strong Belwas, who had once been a champion in the pits. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Suddenly he’s playing like the devil and the champion must work hard to get those last points. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

It was only going to be the greatest boxing match in the history of the world: our favorite, Joe Louis, going up against the heavyweight champion of the world, Jim Braddock. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

“As a public library, Mr. Lemoncello, this institution needs a board of trustees to oversee its finances and champion its mission.” Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z

The Queen of England was unable to command a champion. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

Because this library had true champions, intellectual freedom fighters who would do whatever it took to protect it: Mr. Lemoncello, of course, and all the library lovers from the first-ever Library Olympiad, plus Andrew Peckleman. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z

Coming from Columbia High School where we were always state champions, suddenly I felt a cold dose of reality hit me. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

I would tell myself, “I’m ready. I’m prepared. I’m strong. I’m a champion.” Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

He remembered fleeing Constantinople because he had beaten their champion so quickly. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

He had been the champion in her father's tourney, Sansa remembered. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

“That’s right. It’s very whistle-worthy. The winners will receive four years of paid tuition plus free room, board, and books. Lots and lots of books. Now go find me my champions!” Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z

She thought of him coming to champion her, confident, unruffled, those wide dependable shoulders like a fortress between her and the angry face of Goodwife Cruff. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

"You will. You found forty thousand golden dragons for a champion's purse, surely you can scrape together a few coppers to keep the king's peace." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

And on that day, Bobby Fischer became the first-ever champion to willingly relinquish the title and along with it the chance to compete for the winner’s share of a $5 million purse...five million dollars! Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

When he was a young man, long before I was born, Mamaji was a champion competitive swimmer, the champion of all South India. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Today is the day I thought I would finally discover my true champions.” Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z

Paisley scarf championed with attitude around her neck. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

“Taking it like a champion. Knuckles next, then face.” Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

It was there the two champions would meet to place their lives, and that of Tyrion Lannister, into the hands of the gods. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

I was the champion of the Maryvale sports day every single year, and my mother won the moms’ trophy every single year. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

Rumors were flying from student to student like highly contagious germs: who was going to try for Hogwarts champion, what the tournament would involve, how the students from Beauxbatons and Durmstrang differed from themselves. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

"I am no sei," the Hound replied, but he took the vic-tory, and the champion's purse, and, for perhaps the first time in his life, the love of the commons. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Harry left the tent, rejoined Ron, and they started to walk back around the edge of the forest, talking hard; Harry wanted to hear what the other champions had done in more detail. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

Only one of the previous year’s national champions now sat in his varsity boat, and Ebright remained perplexed by the poor performance of the older boys. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

High lords and fabled champions had come from all over the realm to compete, and the whole city had turned out tq^ watch. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

If Harry had thought that matters would improve once everyone got used to the idea of him being champion, the following day showed him how mistaken he was. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

Nevertheless, the boy was impressed at being in the presence of a champion, and awed that Rossolimo would deign to talk to him, mumbler though he was. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

All told, my new teammates were part of an elite group of athletes who had been raised to become fencing champions. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

Neither guy blinked at being instructed to join up with a reformed gangster who smelled strongly of urinal cakes to prank a former heavyweight champion prizefighter. Lawn Boy Returns 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

His gentle demeanor aside, he thrived on combat, and improbably, given his academic and chess prowess, he’d once been the European heavyweight amateur boxing champion. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Some of them didn’t understand, and that’s how it began to get around that I was Cassius Clay, world heavyweight champion. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

Once everyone else was settled in the Hall, Professor McGonagall told the champions and their partners to get in line in pairs and to follow her. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

“There’s the next mile champion,” he said, leveling his eyes across the room. Unbroken 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z

He therefore exacted first a solemn oath from all that they would champion the cause of Helen’s husband, whoever he might be, if any wrong was done to him through his marriage. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

To Maurice Kasper, treasurer of the American Chess Foundation, she wrote: “I hope Bobby will become a great chess champion some day because he loves chess more than anything else.” Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

“You will set up the Goblet of Fire once more, and we will continue adding names until each school has two champions. It’s only fair, Dumbledore.” Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

As Malory pictures him, Arthur of England was the champion of a civilization which is misrepresented in the history books. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

She has been carrying around this little notebook, a nice one, the champion of notebooks, for a long time, not knowing what she should write in it. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

He would go into the Lemoncello Library a champion and come out a chump. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z

“Yes. I know beyond question that he has sworn his allegiance to Arawn. He is Arawn’s avowed champion. Once again, the power of Annuvin threatens Prydain.” The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z

Then there was the fact that Cedric looked the part of a champion so much more than he did. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

A moment later the two champions appeared from op-posite sides of the garden. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

“I was just curious if any of the reigning ‘champions’ knew when the first perambulating library appeared in the rural villages of Cumbria County, England.” Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z

When she won her first game, she thrust both arms over her head as if she’d just been declared heavyweight champion of the world. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

Mr. Odom blushed a little at that, and Mrs. Odom jumped in real quick to tell us about Howard being the Bible Detective champion at church. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

The three of them would probably be happily imagining what deadly dangerous task the school champions would be facing on Tuesday. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

“The champions will be notified of what is coming precisely one month beforehand. Thank you all for your support of the champions.” Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

It was difficult to think of the ever-combative, highly combustible champion of the American Revolution as extraneous and invisible, but that is what the vice presidency had made him. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

Since the team had gone to the semifinals of the state playoffs before losing to the eventual champion, Plano, it had been considered not a great year but at least a pretty good one. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Most of all, they said she was the reason why the Mica Electrons were not soon to become Arizona state basketball champions. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z

When the man carried Bobby’s luggage to his room, he suddenly recognized the reclusive champion and challenged him to a game. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

“And choose tw6 companions for the journey. And I think the choice of champion is obvious.” The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

“When I hear a sound like that, I come running, because that is the sound of a champion,” he said, smiling like a man who had just unearthed a hidden treasure. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

"My lady, I beg the boon of championing your cause." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

With Hugo as their champion, she could not picture anything giving them much trouble. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

It was as a tourney champion that I had won her hand and heart, so I entered other tourneys for her sake, but the magic was gone. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

I remember explaining, ‘Ben Franklin wore bifocals—Ty Cobb was batting champion of the American League when these guys were around—my mother was alive when these guys were alive and she wore bifocals.’ The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

Such praise, and from the champion fisher herself, an otter! Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

It was gray and dark and they were hotfooting it out of Constantinople just as fast as they could because Fezzik had just demolished their champion before most of the crowd was even seated. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

Professor McGonagall waited until the rest of the class had gone, and then said, “Potter, the champions and their partners —” “What partners?” said Harry. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

My mother, your president, is the warrior and the champion that each and every American deserves for four more years of growth, progress, and prosperity. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

Help me, she prayed, send me a friend, a true knight to champion me . A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

"Forty thousand golden dragons to the champion. Twenty thousand to the man who comes second, another twenty to the winner of the melee, and ten thousand to the victor of the archery competition." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

I was the school champion in sixth grade. Doing Time Online 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

But the closer a crew can come to that ideal— maintaining a good swing while rowing at a high rate—the closer they are to rowing on another plane, the plane on which champions row. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

According to the story, Arthur threw his arms into the air like a boxing champion and crowed, “Got me one!” Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

"My dog has a fierce bark. Perhaps I should command him to fight the, day's champion. To the death." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

“By being willing to sacrifice everything you thought you came here to win, you have all proven yourselves to be true champions.” Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z

When asked why he used this salutation, he said, “In life we are all masters,” countering a past champion’s chestnut, “In life we are all duffers.” Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Even today there is no greater venom among hardcore classical music champions than that reserved for so-called 'crossover’ artists who dare to pollute the pure waters of the classical repertoire by appealing to the masses. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

“A true researcher is a champion of facts, not make-believe. There’s a reason they’re shelved on the fiction side of the library.” Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

When final scores were posted at the end of the meet, I emerged as vault champion and—seemingly out of nowhere—I’d taken first place all-around. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

Segal concluded his scholarly paper by facetiously musing, “Perhaps Fischer’s ascent to world champion was part of some conspiracy.” Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Also, up to that time chess champions would traditionally defend their title only every three years. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Washington edged second-place Yale by eight feet to emerge as de facto national champion. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Being eighty-nine years old, she’d had plenty of practice and was by far the cake champion of Cold Sassy. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

They marched into the arena then to face the champion of Sandiki. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

I didn’t even see Augustus come upstairs, but he came over and wiped his brow with the back of his hand like whew and said, “You’re a champion.” The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

“Jack Johnson was the champion of the world and he fought all over the world.” 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had championed the creation of the bantustans and Bantu Education. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“A maze. The third task’s really very straightforward. The Triwizard Cup will be placed in the center of the maze. The first champion to touch it will receive full marks.” Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

He championed a preferential option for the poor. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

Their alternative—there was an alternative, of course, since Milo detested coercion and was a vocal champion of freedom of choice—was to starve. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

He was not the only person who seemed to be visualizing himself as the Hogwarts champion. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

If they win this game, they actually have a shot at being crowned champions. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z

They wouldn’t remember that my picture was there because of my fervor in championing Mr. Muhammad. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I was not yet World Champion but they treated me like a world champion.” Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Why champion the cause of the despised when there are so many sympathetic stories about racial injustice one could tell? The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

We then switched to the black tennis situation in South Africa and, in particular, the conspicuous lack of champions of Arthur Ashe’s calibre. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Or the other victors. They get attached to their champions.” Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

He always got up and tried again, but the champion of Sandiki was much too fast for him, and too clever, and much, much too experienced. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

"And as tiresome," Littlefinger added, "though I daresay he should do well in the tourney. Last year he unhorsed the Hound, and it was only four years ago that he was champion." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

They called him Cinderella Man, because he starved through the Depression, like the rest of us, but somehow fought out of the darkness to become the champion. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Gen was determined to become the champion of something one day. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

The story, which helped Canetti earn the Nobel Prize in literature, includes a character named Fischerele who aspires to become chess champion of the world. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

"He wore it whenever he sat the Iron Throne in King Robert's place. Isn't it a lovely thing? I thought it only fitting that our champion avenge Jon with his own blade." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

"Name your champion, Imp ... if you think you can find a man to die for you." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

The boxing match pitted Bob Foster, a black American and the light heavyweight champion of the world, against a white challenger from South Africa. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

Not every demonstrator had the self-control to obey the discipline of nonviolent resistance championed by Dr. King. Because They Marched 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

Vin walks inside the gym where he spent the past seven years training to become the next world heavyweight champion, the smell of sweat and dirty sneakers bringing back countless memories. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

There was no sign of any of the other champions. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

“Down for the count! Louis wins! Joe Louis is the heavyweight champion of the world. Louis wins! Louis wins!” X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Fall sports previews had us repeat state champions and as Coach Mustilli had predicted, I was now one of the best saber fencers in the state. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

Consequential as is the two-game lead the Soviet champion now enjoys, the board is still set for a duel that could rank among the most brilliant in this ancient game’s annals. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Aristotle was not a particularly ardent champion of women, but he nevertheless believed in using evidence as the basis of theory building. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

Not Jean Claude van Damme could protect and love as Sima, my mom, who was our champion, and who—like Jesus—took all the damage so we wouldn’t have to. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

If we think we can beat Independence Junior High — the defending champions, the number one seed, the only other undefeated team — then we will. The Crossover 2014-03-18T00:00:00Z

Basil Stag Hare, camouflage expert and foot fighter, in the lead; Jess Squirrel, champion climber and pathfinder, close behind him. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

One of them, a tan Jersey named Blind Tillie, was Cold Sassy’s champion milk producer. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

Then she insisted on separate shots of all the champions. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

“Well, the team needs you to win. We need a saber fencer, and you have what it takes to help this team repeat as state champions,” he said. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

Duke and Nala are clearing some sort of invisible hurdle like champion high jumpers. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

“Delsie, you surely are the smartest thing on two feet. You could even be a game show champion someday.” Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

“It’s Bigfoot Bob. Canadian champion 1998. I thought you were in the Andes, looking for your relatives.” Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

At first I was flattered to go places with her because she was a golf champion and every one knew her name. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

But Menoeceus had not died in vain; in the end the Thebans prevailed and of the seven champions all were killed except Adrastus only. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

Robert Cohn was once middleweight boxing champion of Princeton. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

“The champions’ families are invited to watch the final task, you know. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

Hamilton had not held national office for nine years and the Federalist cause he had championed was well on its way to oblivion. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

EST, the Atlas rocket boosted Friendship 7 into orbit like a champion archer hitting a bull’s-eye. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

After all, they were the national freshman champions. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

So Roosevelt learned to box from a champion fighter. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z

He was the American who had a fighting chance of defeating a Soviet champion. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

But it felt nice to have the coach call me a champion. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

I was his champion son, you will remember. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

By the time he was a college senior, he had become the national champion, an honor he would repeat twelve more times over the course of his career. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

Together they devise a plan to persuade Goupil’s to champion their favorite artists not only in Paris but also in The Hague and in London. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

Momma signs me out of school for the rest of the day, and I wait all the way until were at the car before I raise my hands above my head like I’m a champion. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

At the mention of the word “champions,” the attentiveness of the listening students seemed to sharpen. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

"Oh, good. I am a knight of sorts myself, sweet ser. A champion of light and life." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

He was already the undefeated school champion, as he had been, he told her, in his former school. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

But Coach Mustilli always said that commitment and hard work were what separated champions from everyone else. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

By my ninth birthday, I was a national chess champion. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was the paintball champion of Wake County and had a cousin in the Marines he wanted to fix up with Carol Lee. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

Until then I had had no thoughts of anything but my own pleasures, no higher ambition than to eat well and become a champion stick-fighter. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was also given access to the Church’s personal trainer, Harry Sneider, a former weight-lifting champion who took a special interest in Bobby. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

At Nationals, I was also vault champion, after once again performing a strong Amanar. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

Fleetingly, and for the first time since he’d found himself champion, he saw again that image of himself, raising the Triwizard Cup in front of the rest of the school. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

I’m the champion of no pints at all. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

I could be the champion of no pints at all. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

Farmer, who championed human rights and clearly was on the side of the poor, was arguing against it. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

More security guards arrived, until approximately fifteen men surrounded the former chess champion in a grim, silent circle. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

The champion pint drinker is always on the dole and sometimes he even drinks that and drives me so demented I wind up in the lunatic asylum. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

She was against welfare and never applied for it despite our need, but championed those who availed themselves of it. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

And most importantly, Papi says, Mr. Kennedy has declared himself a champion of democracy around the world. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

You think you could whip the heavyweight champion, and that you are smarter than anybody. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

But to paraphrase Aristotle, one chess game does not a champion make. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

We worked silently, avoiding each other’s gaze like champions. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

And word went out that Darwin’s champion, Huxley, would rather have an ape for a grandfather than a bishop. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

The men talked casually of grass and water, of So-and-So who had bought a new champion bull in England and flown it home. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

“We are going to be patrolling the outside of the maze,” said Professor McGonagall to the champions. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

She runs out to the shed to dab at herself with a towel and we’re able to grin at each other at the table and tell Alphie he’s the champion baby in the world. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

Now as they craned to see their champion where he lay the suitors jostled in uproar down the hall, everyone on his feet. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then the two of them knocked knuckles and chanted the lyrics to their favorite classic-rock tune: “We are the champions, my friend....” Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z

“You is supposed to be down by the lake with the other champions, sir!” Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

His traveling companion, Charles Kalme, repeated his win of the previous year and was crowned the champion once again. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

I knew that they normally picked a cause or two to champion as well. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

I could champion racial justice in our home, or I could enjoy granny’s cookies. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

The wizened witch who had flitted into her neighbor’s painting when he had joined the champions downstairs was now sitting smugly beside the Fat Lady. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

“And don’t come back until you can behave properly. You should be ashamed of yourself, Rhonda, a champion twirler like you.” Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z

I hated thinking about Jackie getting on that bus to Raleigh, going back to her happy life, painting her fingernails with Carol Lee, dating Scooter the paintball champion, maybe even going to beauty school. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

If Lancelot had been there, he would have fought as her champion. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I did not see that coming. Unfortunately, sporting events have champions and clear winners. After next Monday, you may no longer be in the lead for the Excelsior.” Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z

In 1824 the Marquis de Lafayette, the great French champion of American independence, paid a final visit to America. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

My father walked up to me and rubbed my head before he held my right hand and raised it up, as he declared me his champion. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

He was a good player—not a champion, since his aim was going off a bit in his old age, but we’d have great fun. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

“Well, well, well,” said the Fat Lady, “Violet’s just told me everything. Who’s just been chosen as school champion, then?” Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

"My lady mother said it was not fitting, since the tourney is in my honor. Otherwise I would have been champion. Isn't that so, dog?" A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Even more than a chess champion, young Bobby Fischer wanted to be Duke Snider, the legendary Brooklyn Dodgers baseball player. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Garry Kasparov, the reigning champion, was one who discounted the match’s significance. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

On the Greek side, with Achilles gone, the two greatest champions were Ajax and Diomedes. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

I turned to her and gushed, “Mrs. Obama, you’re such an amazing woman. Thank you for standing up for women. Thank you for being a champion for girls’ education.” How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

“The Dallas Independent School District hadn’t had a state champion in I don’t know how long.” Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

“They wouldn’t use the Cruciatus Curse on the champions. I thought it sounded a bit like Percy singing . . . maybe you’ve got to attack him while he’s in the shower, Harry.” Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

He was an engaging fellow, a champion stick-fighter and a glamour boy, whose many girlfriends kept us all supplied with delicacies. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Breakfast of champions. Or lunch of champions. Whatever.” The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

She reached her arms up to cradle the back of his head and, with the skill of a champion, she broke his neck. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

“This was the kind of performance people will be talking about for years. The Celtics are NBA champions once again!” Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

“So you get to fight for them, like a knight who’s their champion.” The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

I listened to details of their fights—the punching, the kicking, and the cursing—-the way my father listened to radio broadcasts of boxing matches of the American heavyweight champion, Muhammad Ali, his biggest hero. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z

He could understand the Hufflepuffs’ attitude, even if he didn’t like it; they had their own champion to support. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

“No worries,” said Kyle, trying to buck up his teammates, even though he was starting to have those “champions become chumps” feelings again. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z

Not only had he stood her champion on Nagga’s hill and shouted out her name, but he had even crossed the sea to join her afterward, abandoning his king and kin and home. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Three schools pick three champions to compete in three tasks for one Cup. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child 2016-07-31T00:00:00Z

"Better to hazard but a single life, surely? Our cause is righteous, so the gods must surely bless our champion's arms with victory." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

London's fervent condemnation of capitalist society, his glorification of the primordial world, his championing of the great unwashed—all of it mirrored McCandless s passions. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

I confess being vault champion meant almost more to me than winning the all-around. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

He wondered how the other champions were feeling. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

It was as though the last few weeks had never happened — as though Harry were meeting Ron for the first time, right after he’d been made champion. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

Danced with her, Mother o’ Christ, I’m dying inside, danced with her I did below in the Wembley Hall and a champion dancer she was too. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

"As champion, you may ask of me any boon that you desire. If it lies in my power, it is yours." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

It's somewhat surprising that I'm a serious contender for the title of world heavyweight champion, not because I'm slow or weak but because I'm a relative newcomer to the sport. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

I have fought battles I should not have engaged in, and walked away from causes that needed and deserved a champion. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

The shock of finding himself school champion had worn off slightly now, and the fear of what was facing him had started to sink in. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

It was a shot, in fighting stance, of a former prizefight champion, a popular fighter who had lost his sight in the ring. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

In that instant, I saw that life might hold more for me than being a champion stick- fighter. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

In April of 1933, a fresh and reconstituted varsity crew promptly exacted its revenge, sweeping the Olympic champion Cal Bears from their home waters on the Oakland Estuary. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

I was the ultimate champion for a while, until a high school guy showed up and knew how to counter my electricity move with Chun-Li’s heel stomp. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

Who had been champion for eleven years, since he was twenty-four. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

It did not mean so much to have a father in the state legislature and a sister who was engaged to a champion skier. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

Joe Louis was heavyweight champion of the world, and “Sugar” Ray Robinson was the welterweight champion. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

The 707 slammed into the estate owned by the father of the tennis champion John McEnroe, in the posh Long Island town of Oyster Bay. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

"He's a boxing manager and he has a gym. Henry works there. He's had a couple champions." The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

War Admiral was slated to run in it, and though Suffolk Downs’s officials made no effort to invite defending champion Seabiscuit, Howard had already entered him. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

The defeated knights, jogging home with their bruises, missed the conviviality which usually happened on tournament evenings, wondered who the taciturn champion could be, and talked superstitiously among themselves. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

It is confusing that my family was not the poor to be championed. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

The economist John R. Lott Jr. is the main champion of this idea. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

Your mother sought from the gods magnificent trophies and set them down midfield for our champions. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Harry doubted very much if any of the girls who had asked to be his partner so far would have wanted to go to the ball with him if he hadn’t been a school champion. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

“Welcome to day one of our competition, Library Olympians. Today we begin our quest for champions!” Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z

Far above Mossflower ground in the upmost terraces of foliage, the champion squirrel turned her flight in the direction of Redwall Abbey. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

There are people across the country who not only championed those policies but also cited them as the reason they voted for him. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

“Anybody wishing to submit themselves as champion must write their name and school clearly upon a slip of parchment and drop it into the goblet,” said Dumbledore. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

“I was the first Black player on a state champion team. You just led the first all-Black team to a 12U softball district title. You earned this.” Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z

A chance to hit against a Wimbledon champion, my hero! Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

Bobby then drew with Samuel Reshevsky, who was the defending champion, in an extremely intense game—and the fourteen-year-old was on fire after that, at one point amassing five wins in a row. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

My champion will need a new name as well as a new face. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

He wished he was as brave as a champion bull rider, but he wasn’t. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

In Mother’s drawn face, I can see the regret that she did not champion Therese in her desire to become a nun. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

They did not even remember that he was middleweight boxing champion. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

Prometheus was a Greek god who championed mankind, stealing fire for them from Zeus, being tortured for eternity as his punishment. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

I'm going to be an Olympic champion—if can just get better at backbends and cartwheels. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

Park wasn't a boyfriend, he was a champion. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

Harry took the right fork with a feeling of increasing unease . . . but at the same time, he couldn’t help thinking, One champion down . Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

The champion picker of the day before was the hero of the dawn. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

The cohort’s parties champion sets played on physical hardware—think keyboards, samplers and sequencers—and this edition features a deep lineup of local producers and DJs playing innovative, truly live techno. Your week in Seattle music: Patti Smith, E-40 and more 2015-01-14T05:00:00Z

“Spin” champions the resourcefulness of teenagers and pities the grown-ups — villainous or just clueless — who underestimate them. Y.A. Thrillers That Put Teenagers to the Test 2019-02-22T05:00:00Z

Drake leap-frogged from an acting career into hip-hop, and his wounded vulnerability and innocent swagger were soon championed by Lil Wayne. Concert review: Drake at First Midwest Bank Amphitheatre 2012-06-03T06:52:00Z

If there was anything like a sure thing in these games, it would have been the 2011 world vaulting champion coming home with a gold medal around her neck. Oscar Pistorius and McKayla Maroney: Beautiful losers 2012-08-06T17:15:00Z

New approaches are questioned, and traditional ways of making beloved recipes are championed. Connecting With West Africa’s Plant-Based Past 2021-12-14T05:00:00Z

He is the author of “The Ultimate Guide to Italian Wine 2017,” and a longtime champion of the wines of his native country. Italy’s go-to critic confirms why America’s embracing his country’s vino 2017-03-10T05:00:00Z

In 2018, Dr. Crayton, the academy’s past president, hosted a conference in Montgomery, Ala., where she lives, for World Critical Dietetics, an organization that champions a more inclusive approach to dietetics. Is American Dietetics a White-Bread World? These Dietitians Think So 2020-12-07T05:00:00Z

Kremer championed Philip Glass’ initially maligned Violin Concerto in the 1980s and finally shamed the classical concert world into taking the composer seriously. Mirga meets an old master at Disney Hall 2017-10-20T04:00:00Z

Taylor Swift is a pretty big thing, and so are the World Cup champions. See the U.S. Women's Soccer Team Join Taylor Swift Onstage at Concert 2015-07-11T04:00:00Z

In November, the disgraced former cycling champion Lance Armstrong will go to trial in a civil fraud suit related to his use of banned performance-enhancing drugs. ‘Icarus’ Puts Russia, Cycling and Doping Into One Cocktail 2017-08-03T04:00:00Z

The moves are a bid to find genuine stars like first champion Kelly Clarkson who went on to a Grammy-winning career. Steven Tyler and Jennifer Lopez join revamped "American Idol" 2010-09-23T01:11:00Z

You believed he was a stud in the arena and a champion in the bedroom. Top 10 Movie Swordsmen 2011-10-20T09:00:13Z

I suspect Arbus, a champion of underdogs and interesting misfits, would have preferred it. Review: Arthur Lubow’s Diane Arbus Biography Recalls an Underworld Voyager 2016-06-02T04:00:00Z

It’s too soon and probably too indecorous to speak of it, but perhaps “Jeopardy’s!” quest for its all-time champion produced something else instead: its next host? Perspective | ‘Jeopardy!’ has named its Greatest of All Time. But why did it have to go there? 2020-01-15T05:00:00Z

At the cathedral, the crowd packed in, and the winning contrada received the beloved banner — champions … until the next race. At Siena’s Palio, 500 years of history in 90 seconds 2017-06-06T04:00:00Z

Though his journalists regularly championed the downtrodden, Wenner proudly recounts a life of unbridled hedonism, and seems disinclined to reconcile any contradiction. For Jann Wenner, the Music Never Stopped 2022-09-11T04:00:00Z

A restless figure who spent decades championing the work of women in slide-filled lectures she delivered all over the country, she was a notable artist herself. Remembering Miriam Schapiro: The unheralded legacy of a CalArts pioneer 2015-06-30T04:00:00Z

As she found her way, she began to champion performances that rethought how masterpieces from past eras should be presented. Lincoln Center to End Its Namesake Summer Festival 2017-11-14T05:00:00Z

After years of acting as the conservatorship’s biggest champion and defender, James Spears reversed course in recent weeks and petitioned to have the arrangement scrapped altogether. Attorney: Removal of Spears’ father is ‘a loss for Britney’ 2021-09-30T04:00:00Z

While Pauline Kael was an early and mostly steadfast champion, other reviewers objected to the violence and sensationalism of his movies. Review: Brian De Palma Says He Is Hitchcock’s True Heir 2016-06-09T04:00:00Z

Greenberg gave this generation of painters an intellectual framework and a pedigree, and he was a yea-saying champion of de Kooning in particular. ‘Art in America 1945-1970,’ Edited by Jed Perl 2014-10-07T04:00:00Z

An amateur boxer who had more than 150 fights in his teens, Mr. Jones went into the ring at Camp Pendleton, Calif., to face a more experienced Marine champion. Thom Jones, onetime janitor who shone as a literary star in the 1990s, dies at 71 2016-10-20T04:00:00Z

An imprint that would let her champion writers of color had been a longstanding dream that Robinson pitched over the pandemic. Give Phoebe Robinson the Title She Deserves: Boss 2021-10-08T04:00:00Z

Collins will be back for the “Jeopardy!” tournament of champions next season. Illinois woman’s win streak on ‘Jeopardy!’ ends 2014-06-02T04:00:00Z

"I personally felt that there may have been more than two that I personally would have championed," he said in an interview after the Oscars nominations were announced Tuesday. A slim race for best original song at the Oscars 2012-01-25T12:47:16Z

Savard moved into coaching this year as an assistant with the defending Stanley Cup champion St. Louis Blues. Callahan’s move to TV may be model for other injured players 2019-10-01T04:00:00Z

“It’s not about the person only, it’s about the program,” Mr. Biesenbach responded, ticking off a long list of women and black artists he’s championed. Debate Ignites in L.A. Over MOCA Hire 2018-08-02T04:00:00Z

With a repertoire that includes a Hairy Bikers chef, a boxing champion and Lemmy from Motörhead, Lucy Evans is a woman of many faces. How 'drag kings' are taking the standup world by storm 2012-08-26T19:00:07Z

Yntema, 63, is a longtime champion of gender equality in various fields. Do Men Still Rule Ballet? Let Us Count the Ways. 2022-01-21T05:00:00Z

Tears are natural and healthy, but champions don’t cry in public spaces. Knights don't cry: "Game of Thrones" and the weight of a woman's tears 2019-05-06T04:00:00Z

He suggested a strategy endorsed by Jack Passion, the two-time world champion in the highly competitive “full beard natural” category, who adheres to a high-protein diet. The Mirror: Oh, to Be Just Another Bearded Face 2012-05-30T19:17:40Z

And, particularly if you’re a writer of color, or a queer writer, or a woman, you may learn that entrusting your work to would-be champions is a fraught endeavor. My Strange Literary Fellowship 2019-06-16T04:00:00Z

And if you must have a straw in your margarita or pinot noir, Thrasher points to metal straws, which he has championed for years. The last straw: Moving past disposable plastic spurs companies to innovate 2018-09-11T04:00:00Z

Sanders, who is currently the head football coach at Jackson State University, is a two-time Super Bowl champion. Shaq, Usher and Drake shows all highlight Super Bowl week 2022-02-08T05:00:00Z

The twenty and thirtysomethings are represented by literate and quirky Mitchell & Webb, while the 50-and-over bracket find their champions in the still consistently funny Harry & Paul. This week's new comedy 2010-10-08T23:07:00Z

Mr. Lachenmann, 76, a major German modernist, has been gaining champions among younger American performers and ensembles in recent years. Music Review: Mivos Quartet Performs Compositions by Modernists 2012-10-14T21:20:40Z

Instead he presents a more murky, ambiguous tale of the dangerous ideological uses to which literature can be put, by its champions and its detractors alike. Theater Review: At the Vineyard, Reading Can Be Hazardous 2010-05-20T04:12:00Z

Sites like FashionStake and Catwalk Genius champion up-and-coming designers, and invite users to window-shop and even finance new talent. Fashion Sites Offer Public Feedback on Your Clothes 2010-07-07T21:35:00Z

Columbo established himself for all time as a champion of any viewer who ever felt less than graceful, elegant or well-spoken. Peter Falk, TV's rumpled Columbo, has died 2011-06-25T11:45:14Z

She smiles, extends her hand and again takes up the labor of love she's dealt with for 30 years as the champion of her husband's life and work. Yoko Ono happy with new John Lennon TV doc 2010-11-19T22:10:00Z

Robert Cohn, from "The Sun Also Rises," was a Princeton middleweight champion, and Hemingway liked to challenge fellow writers to boxing matches, especially when he was drinking. 'At the Fights': a heavyweight collection of American writers on boxing 2011-05-11T21:03:09Z

What’s included, championed and omitted — and how do those decisions reflect colonial and racist history? Pittsburgh Report: Five Places for Healing Through Art 2019-01-02T05:00:00Z

"I wondered if it was going to be to champion people with disabilities, to give them a pat on the back." Largest festival of disabled artists opens in DC 2010-06-08T22:30:00Z

Illy portrays itself as a responsible corporate citizen, as expected, but the film does indeed champion fair commodity prices and sustainability for the growers. 'A Small Section of the World' an inspiring coffee workers doc 2014-12-04T05:00:00Z

De Niro met Arcel, the trainer of 18 world champions, while making "Raging Bull." De Niro is back in the boxing ring, but the gloves are off 2016-05-17T04:00:00Z

Though a persuasive champion of Bach’s unaccompanied cello suites, he turned them over to six other players last Sunday. Music Review: Piatigorsky International Cello Festival at Walt Disney Concert Hall 2012-03-17T00:22:16Z

"It's hard to re-create this moment. It's like the fighter coming back. You got to be world champion, so it's kind of silly," he said. Leno: 2nd 'Tonight exit' is quits for late-night 2014-02-03T21:28:20Z

He saw value in a prime-time cartoon that had been canceled by the Fox network, and championed the return of "Family Guy" to the small screen, which mushroomed into a multibillion-dollar franchise. Fox's Newman and Walden one of Hollywood's most lucrative partnerships 2014-11-16T05:00:00Z

Whitaker opens with a riveting scene featuring the great heavyweight champion Joe Louis. Harlem Wasn’t the Only Place With a Renaissance 2018-02-23T05:00:00Z

Mrs. Trump, who had a robust career in modeling, is a champion of drinking water and eating a lot of fruit. Looking for a Trump Doctrine in the White House Kitchen 2017-02-27T05:00:00Z

Eight years earlier, Dubko had coached the first men’s and women’s Olympic trampoline champions in Sydney. Bounce so hard 2012-07-28T13:00:00Z

“Clement Greenberg felt it was a disavowal of his modernist argument,” said Mr. Delahunty, recalling the critic who championed abstraction and Pollock’s career. Two Museums to Host Pollock ‘Black Pourings’ 2015-04-16T04:00:00Z

Various cardinals and bishops champion their interests at the Vatican, often without an official or recognizable mandate. Author rattles Jewish leaders 2012-06-21T21:17:00Z

Parnell was an Irish member of Parliament, a champion of his country’s cause in Britain; as Kavanagh writes, his involvement in the league “would almost certainly guarantee the backing of Irish America.” The Murders That Touched Off Ireland’s Bloody Campaign for Self-Rule 2021-07-16T04:00:00Z

For many of its champions, the tinkering character of the digital humanities represents a kind of artisanal inquisitiveness, a hands-on, tool-building, map-making ethos that chafes against more abstract modes of humanistic inquiry. Hacking the Humanities 2015-07-07T04:00:00Z

He went on to show at the prestigious André Emmerich Gallery, known for championing artists associated with Color Field painting, a postwar abstract style unrelated to race issues. Is Peter Bradley Ready for Round 2 in the Limelight? 2021-08-19T04:00:00Z

The film, by Ursula Liang, chronicles the journey to an annual tournament that brings teams from many cities together over Labor Day weekend to crown a champion. Review: ‘9-Man’ Is More Than a Game for Chinese-Americans 2015-05-03T04:00:00Z

Anahid Ajemian, a violinist known as an ardent champion of new music, died on June 13 at her home in Manhattan. Anahid Ajemian, Violinist and New-Music Champion, Dies at 92 2016-06-30T04:00:00Z

Brian Weitz, who mans the synthesizer sounds in the band under the moniker Geologist, was one of the main champions of “Tangerine Reef.” Animal Collective wants to do their own thing and that means saving coral reefs 2018-08-16T04:00:00Z

But Tropicália grew up in the shadow of a military dictatorship, and minimalism was championed by the mainstream American art world. Better Living Through Music, Art and Polyamory 2017-12-28T05:00:00Z

Remember, though, that these are early days and it is often the fate of Toronto champions to fade away once winter rolls in. Could Colin Firth's King's Speech become one of Oscar acceptance? 2010-09-24T15:35:00Z

It’s easy to champion a satirist’s freedom to offend somebody else. The war on laughter: What the Charlie Hebdo attacks reveal about our thorny relationship with satire 2015-01-07T05:00:00Z

The silver-haired, silver-tongued Richards, a one-term governor, was a longtime champion of women and minorities in government. Holland Taylor plays 'the thrill of a lifetime' 2013-02-21T14:13:10Z

He played the viola, including in the English String Quartet, and also conducted, sometimes deputising for Wood, who championed his work. Backstage no longer: Frank Bridge at the Proms 2011-08-04T21:30:01Z

In his Times review, critic Charles McNulty championed “Office Hour” for the way it explored how we interact with “the other” at a time when a divided country is awash in mistrust and intolerance. When Ben Feldman and Mamie Gummer take the stage this weekend, think of the NEA 2017-03-31T04:00:00Z

Though Hemingway would later downplay Fitzgerald’s editorial influence, the published novel begins with the sentence: “Robert Cohn was once middleweight boxing champion of Princeton.” Hemingway's Hidden Metafictions in "The Sun Also Rises" 2014-08-07T04:00:00Z

Until compliance is automatic, “We need someone who can champion this,” she said. Central Idaho is more than a ski destination. Here’s how to find world-class stargazing 2021-07-02T04:00:00Z

He was a champion of street casting — using nonprofessional models found in coffee shops, bars and, literally, on the street. As Jean Paul Gaultier takes a bow on ready-to-wear, a look back at a fashion agitator

Surfaced in imitation parchment, the lofty, resolutely modern space is furnished with objects made by several of the artists and craftsmen that Doucet championed. Don't Miss Galerie Vallois’s Booth at This Year’s Biennale des Antiquaires 2014-09-17T04:00:00Z

When I was a little boy I had a real champion stutter. Harvey Keitel: ‘I’ve never played a violent character’ 2019-11-16T05:00:00Z

A few months later, Chad Smith, the Los Angeles Philharmonic’s chief executive officer, who championed and drove its inventive programming, announced he was resigning to run the Boston Symphony Orchestra. Departures Force Los Angeles Philharmonic to Reinvent Itself, Again 2023-05-31T04:00:00Z

Celebrities and corporations alike took advantage of the situation in order to call attention to themselves and their own high ground, and everyday people showed themselves to be champions of civil rights on social media. This is how Indiana Gov. Mike Pence wins: Moral superiority, “religious freedom,” social media hypocrisy and the problem with #BoycottIndiana 2015-04-02T04:00:00Z

He’s been championed as a pioneer of environmentalism and radical simplicity, but in Schulz’s view, he was a sanctimonious jerk. Why cabin fantasies shut out reality 2015-11-06T05:00:00Z

And her championing of fresh vegetables helped lead the way for our ability to get those vegetables everywhere today. The 4 essential cooks I turn to again and again 2022-05-25T04:00:00Z

The late Ron Hardy would surely approve of the genre-pounding challenge of tracks like Easing Into Tomorrow and it's small wonder he's been championed by original house pioneer Adonis. Clubs picks of the week 2012-10-12T23:05:52Z

Hard-right House Republicans last week discussed forming an America First Caucus, which one document described as championing “Anglo-Saxon political traditions” and warning that mass immigration was putting the “unique identity” of the U.S. at risk. Bush criticizes GOP isolationism, anti-immigration rhetoric 2021-04-20T04:00:00Z

A replica of that robe is part of the Ali exhibit, along with photos of the heavyweight boxing and civil rights champion and other artifacts. Exhibits about Ali, nature, motorcycles opening at Graceland 2019-05-22T04:00:00Z

No less a champion of culture than Chris Hughes, for one. Apptitude: Saatchi Art lets you preview what pieces would look like in your home. Sort of. 2015-02-13T05:00:00Z

Chef Stephen Langlois, who was among the first to champion it, sums up midwestern food as "Thanksgiving dinner. Turkey and cranberry sauce and wild rice and apple pie. It's hearty American fare." Haute dogs, fried pickles and savoury doughnuts: how Britain fell in love with midwestern food 2014-08-05T04:00:00Z

Through an engaging mix of candid interviews and absorbing fight footage, Klitschko offers a captivating glimpse into the makings of these champion boxing brothers. ArtsBeat: Hello, Ozzy: Tribeca Lineup Adds Ozzy Osbourne and Carol Channing Documentaries 2011-03-14T16:00:16Z

Natural wine’s champions emphasize minimal intervention by the winemaker in the vineyard and in the winery. Five things to know about natural wine 2019-03-29T04:00:00Z

A vocal champion of the fashion industry, if not of the consumer, in her June/July issue she introduced A Common Thread, a fund-raising initiative to support designers. Fashion Magazine Editors, Take a Page From Audrey Withers 2020-06-18T04:00:00Z

Fellow food writer Marion Cunningham, a champion of family mealtime, wrote in her popular “Supper Book” that “sometimes eating supper alone feels private, quiet, and blessedly liberating.” On Eating Alone in Paris 2018-05-30T04:00:00Z

In the realm of men’s magazines, Playboy, which Jellinek champions with the ardor and occasional near-breathlessness of a convert, now represents enduring, old-fashioned values. How Hef Got His Groove Back 2011-02-06T07:48:01Z

In her controversial book, Travels in West Africa, Mary expressed her opposition to European imperialism and championed the rights of indigenous people. Top 10 inspiring female adventurers 2016-03-08T05:00:00Z

I imagine that’s a nod to the fact that Hendrix championed the Moving Sidewalks in the press, toured with you and invited you to jam. Texas Monthly: ZZ Top’s Billy Gibbons and His Former Band Return to Psychedelia 2013-04-21T01:26:13Z

Though environmentalists lambasted him for calling global warming a “crock of sh*t”, it was Lutz who became the Volt’s biggest champion late in his career. The Trouble With Bob Lutz's Return to GM 2011-09-02T18:42:18Z

“We look at the national museum as our champion on a national level,” said Leslie Guy, chief curator at the DuSable, in Chicago, the nation’s oldest African American museum. Before Smithsonian’s opens, smaller African American museums grapple with a behemoth in D.C. 2016-03-02T05:00:00Z

She seemed to steady herself by channelling her disgust into a direct appeal to Ivanka Trump, that professed champion of motherhood. At the Border, TV Networks Find Eloquence in Starkness, Speechlessness, and Disbelief 2018-06-20T04:00:00Z

We learn more about her relationship to her champion horses and her companionable corgis. Netflix’s ‘The Crown’ is best when viewed like separate little movies 2016-11-02T04:00:00Z

But the neighborhood Mr. Ashpool champions is not the same as the one he inherited, and its metamorphosis mirrors the label’s rise to prominence. Life and Design, Grounded in Pigalle 2014-10-24T04:00:00Z

And the only permissible role for the West is in championing the virtues of the Other. Critic?s Notebook: Quai Branly Museum in Paris Glorifies the ?Other? 2011-11-25T23:47:39Z

Finally, the conference champions play in the Stanley Cup and the NBA finals. Will the Capitals and Wizards stick around for a long run? 2017-04-19T04:00:00Z

"We champion creating delicious cocktails with or without alcohol year round for all of our guests to pair with our menu, augment their dining experience and most importantly — to enjoy!" "Mocktail" no more: Why beverage pros want to change what we call non-alcoholic drinks 2023-07-09T04:00:00Z

Our eyes darted from Kidman to Streep, from Kidman to Streep, in the climactic scene, like they do when we watch champion athletes. The Disappointing, Emmy-Baiting Finale of “Big Little Lies” Season 2 2019-07-22T04:00:00Z

Moore, a longtime champion of liberal causes and outspoken critic of Trump, is working on a documentary about the 2016 presidential election. Filmmaker Michael Moore launches 'TrumpiLeaks' website for whistleblowers 2017-06-06T04:00:00Z

Three years later, as first lady, she took on a paid position to promote the country’s exports and champion Iceland as a tourist destination. Iceland Is a Magnet for Tourists. Its First Lady Has Some Advice for Them. 2023-06-01T04:00:00Z

This was the heyday of the verismo movement, which championed realistic depictions, however sordid, of everyday life. Music Review: At Rose Theater, a Gritty Neapolitan Love Triangle 2010-05-25T22:35:00Z

Ambitious and unbending in his conviction, he championed the cause of landscape architecture, a profession that he thought had too often been sidelined. John Hopkins 2013-01-28T17:16:23Z

She did that and more at Westminster last February — fine behavior when she's at home, playing on the California beaches, but not exactly what the judges want to see when picking a champion. Dogs set to wow at Westminster 2012-02-11T12:08:47Z

“Two million Americans who travel by air daily are in need of a champion in Washington,” Roger Dow, president and chief executive of the U.S. Panel for Better Air Travel Security 2010-03-17T16:29:00Z

He is a champion on the competitive beard circuit, and boasts a long, red mane of facial hair. Masks are changing the way we look at each other, and ourselves 2020-05-18T04:00:00Z

A five-time Grand Slam singles champion and former No. 1 player who went on to successful careers as a Davis Cup captain, broadcaster and executive. Final goodbye: Recalling influential people who died in 2021 2021-12-02T05:00:00Z

As the 25-page complaint details, Ms. Gaprindashvili did, in fact, play against many highly skilled male champions over the course of her career, including before the episode in question takes place. A Chess Pioneer Sues, Saying She Was Slighted in ‘The Queen’s Gambit’ 2021-09-16T04:00:00Z

He wrote heavily researched historical plays about the tap dance master Bill “Bojangles” Robinson and Graham’s uncle Paul, a one-pocket billiards champion better known as Detroit Slim. Black Panther, Luke Cage and the First Black Artist to Draw Both 2018-03-07T05:00:00Z

Twelve final acts — including a magician, knife throwers and a sand artist — compete to be world champion in this season finale. What’s on TV Monday: ‘United Skates’ and ‘Manifest’ 2019-02-18T05:00:00Z

This time 846 distributors, critics and academics championed Vertigo, about a retired cop with a fear of heights. Vertigo is named 'greatest film' 2012-08-02T07:47:49Z

That description of Badger’s could apply just as well to the demographic that today sees Trump as its champion. The 1930s were humanity's darkest, bloodiest hour. Are you paying attention? 2017-03-11T05:00:00Z

The VNL is a new event in the volleyball calendar where 16 countries play each other in a round robin format to become champions. DJ duo NERVO to enhance volleyball fan experience 2018-06-10T04:00:00Z

The lack of a female champion for the past five years was mocked in a finale bit featuring the female finalists, in cahoots with Sparks, jokingly sabotaging this season’s five male contestants. How Candice Glover Won American Idol 2013-05-17T10:31:14Z

“It was about stopping anything the new president championed and also stopping another big-government programme,” writes Mr Brill. Good, bad and ugly 2015-01-15T05:00:00Z

For a brief, happy time, the girls snapped pictures and gave eager, giddy hugs to the young men and women they'd passionately championed week after week all season long. The night my family won "American Idol" 2011-08-15T16:30:00Z

The champion in each episode advances to a final round with a $10,000 prize looming, but a wrong answer there results in a punishment not seen on “Jeopardy!”: a cruelly ridiculous haircut. ‘Makers’ and ‘Hair Jacked,’ Among Alternative TV Offerings 2014-11-03T05:00:00Z

In an interview in the program Ms. Helm ducks the question like a dodgeball champion. ArtsBeat: Nothing Rings True Like Authenticity 2011-07-26T18:21:23Z

Earhart was one of the earliest aviators, a record-setter, a college professor and well ahead of her time as a champion for women’s rights. Amelia Earhart’s long-hidden poems reveal an enigma’s inner thoughts 2021-10-14T04:00:00Z

Philosophical critic Denis Diderot complained of the shallowness of rococo art and championed a new kind of serious, high-minded painting. Arcade Fire's Rococo lampoons a frivolous age through art 2010-12-02T16:35:00Z

Just last week I was championing his masterful work “Science Fiction,” released in 1972, a brilliant expansive experience. 5 Minutes That Will Make You Love Ornette Coleman 2022-11-02T04:00:00Z

The former mixed martial arts champion — now a budding movie star with turns in “Entourage,” “The Expendables 3” and “Furious 7” — is challenged by her former Ultimate Fighting Championship peers in Rob Hawk’s “Fight Valley.” Review: Avenging a Sister’s Death in ‘Fight Valley’ 2016-07-21T04:00:00Z

Yes, it was important for critics to champion these films! “We need critics”: Allison Anders, director of “Gas, Food, Lodging” talks about a life directing film and TV 2017-05-15T04:00:00Z

I was sitting in front of the heavyweight world champion, so I started talking about boxing. Sporting children of champions: 'I've always had a need for speed' 2017-04-15T04:00:00Z

“Your acknowledgement has been like a huge embrace. Thank you for championing me and for giving me a platform to share my truth to the world.” Winfrey picks Viola Davis memoir for her book club 2022-04-21T04:00:00Z

Under its previous director, George Steel, the Miller Theater became known for championing very new and very old music. Music Review: ‘Venezia, From the Streets to the Palaces,’ at Miller Theater 2012-09-13T22:25:32Z

They championed a democracy meant to be, in the words of Abraham Lincoln, “applicable to all men and all times.” Why Are American Jews Falling Out of Love With Israel? 2019-09-24T04:00:00Z

Aspiring to be singular, and better, is an ideal that "Insecure" champions and one that also appeals to the American story. "Insecure" no more: The HBO comedy departs with satisfying confidence 2021-12-26T05:00:00Z

She became an early champion of his work and brought it to the attention of Victor Gollancz, who published Samuel's The Many Named Beloved in 1961. Samuel Menashe obituary 2011-08-26T11:15:33Z

Hayek is a longtime champion for change in the film industry, helping set up the Women in Motion talks at Cannes four years ago with her husband, Kering luxury goods boss Francois-Henri Pinault. Salma Hayek: male Hollywood stars should take pay cut 2018-05-13T04:00:00Z

Clinching a 7-6 victory in a gripping final with Martin 'Wolfie' Adams assured Mitchell of his place among the pantheon of world champions. 'I've played darts with Johnny Depp' 2015-01-13T05:00:00Z

Monumental in its scale and ambition, and vociferously championed by its supporters, it's too often disappointing in performance, with little to show for the huge virtuoso effort involved in playing it. Alkan: Grande Sonate Les Quatre Ages; Symphonie, etc – review 2012-05-24T21:31:01Z

She used the DNC fundraiser to speak with Obama about Cuba’s Ladies in White, relatives of jailed dissidents who were arrested for championing human rights. Gloria Estefan left Cuba as a young child, but the island defines her, and her music 2017-11-28T05:00:00Z

"Our program is an invitation to discover lesser known regions of the world," Kosslick said, underlining Berlin's reputation for championing films that would otherwise struggle to find an international audience. French revolution film launches 2012 Berlin festival 2012-02-09T03:08:18Z

It’s also clear that Fox News — which has given such lavish coverage to the charges against Weinstein — can seem like a champion of women’s issues. Perspective | Conservative media was Scottie Nell Hughes’s world. Now it’s her enemy. 2017-10-21T04:00:00Z

Winners of Strictly soon go back to presenting breakfast television or playing professional cricket, while X Factor champions might put out one album before a season in panto. MasterChef final 2014: Ferran Adrià episode sees series on top form 2014-05-16T04:00:00Z

Ten of the 23 members of Spain’s national team - the reigning champion playing its opening World Cup match on Friday - belong to those clubs. Spain props up soccer amid crushing austerity 2014-06-13T04:00:00Z

Mr. Hampson, a champion of American art song, offered 12 selections by Samuel Barber, including the elusive “Solitary Hotel” and “In the Wilderness” from his Opus 41 cycle. Music Review: Thomas Hampson Sings Schumann, Uncut, at Alice Tully 2010-04-12T22:36:00Z

But listening closely to Armstrong’s trumpet jolted Marsalis, the future artistic director of Jazz at Lincoln Center, who has since championed Armstrong. Louis Armstrong’s Last Laugh 2022-11-04T04:00:00Z

Pintscher, on the other hand, happens to be music director of Ensemble Intercontemporain, the Parisian new music group founded by Boulez that champions an uncompromisingly edgy European music we rarely hear in the U.S. A great first date for the L.A. Chamber Orchestra and Matthias Pintscher. Will there be a second? 2016-02-22T05:00:00Z

Ms. Oppens is a champion of new music, and the lineup reflects that. Opera & Classical Music Listings for Feb. 28-March 6 2014-02-27T23:00:40Z

Open champion, who moved around the court with smooth, low-humming power. The Particular Drama of Simona Halep 2019-05-29T04:00:00Z

Host Tom Bergeron announced Tuesday that next season's "Dancing With the Stars" will feature contestants and champions from past seasons vying for the title. Another star is dismissed from `Dancing' 2012-05-16T02:38:17Z

In turn, the vendors act as culinary ambassadors, exposing customers to the nuances of foods that are cooked by a quarter of a billion people but have relatively few champions in the United States. In Queens, a Food Bazaar With the Vastness and Variety of Indonesia 2020-02-24T05:00:00Z

But perhaps even its champions also actually see it that way. Review | In the galleries: Artists join forces to adorn a wall that will come tumbling down 2019-03-08T05:00:00Z

She is the defending French Open champion and the No. 3 player in the world. The Particular Drama of Simona Halep 2019-05-29T04:00:00Z

It was an uncharacteristically prickly remark from Trump, whose Twitter account mostly keeps things upbeat, promoting the causes she champions, including women’s empowerment, in her role as senior adviser to President Trump. Perspective | The performance piece ‘Ivanka Vacuuming’ seems to irk the first daughter even more than ‘fake news’ 2019-02-05T05:00:00Z

Lumpkin said her husband never intended to champion traditionalism as his critics claimed. Art critic Dave Hickey, known for book ‘Air Guitar’, dies 2021-11-25T05:00:00Z

Mr. Gilbert, a Nielsen champion, has been performing and recording this composer’s complete symphonies and concertos with the Philharmonic. The Philharmonic’s Free Concert at St. John the Divine 2014-05-27T04:00:00Z

As Marc Scorca, president and CEO of Opera America, sees it, there’s a greater determination to bring in new, more diverse audiences and to champion new works. New faces, new ambitions as opera houses reopen 2021-08-23T04:00:00Z

The institution has championed the berry stateside by introducing it to cultivators. Saskatoon: The Berry That Became an International Incident 2014-08-21T04:00:00Z

We may live in an increasingly computerized world, but traditional crafts have ardent champions. The Aesthete: Charleston’s American College of the Buildings Arts Hosts a Spirited Costume Ball 2014-10-28T04:00:00Z

"Avengers: Age of Ultron" will likely champion the box office in its second weekend in release. 'Avengers: Age of Ultron' to stay on top as 'Hot Pursuit' makes debut 2015-05-07T04:00:00Z

As a champion of "difficulty", albeit in an American mode, he is an heir of modernism and says that he sees himself as "part of a long modernist line starting with James Joyce". The American dream 2010-08-07T23:05:00Z

But others wondered why conservatives who love to champion free speech against the forces of political correctness were suddenly melting like snowflakes. 10 Cultural Battles That Ruled 2017 2017-12-27T05:00:00Z

The global box office champion of all-time raked in a massive $204 million in the country earlier this year, compared with nearly $750 million in the United States. China to import hit sci-fi thriller 'Inception' 2010-08-03T10:01:00Z

Filtered through Rhimes' romantic treatment, they are champions of integration whose burning love for each elevates members of London's Black elite to the status of nobility. She is very brown: "Queen Charlotte" explains how the integrated ton was won, but what is left out? 2023-05-06T04:00:00Z

While most theme parks aim for higher, faster and scarier, England’s newly revived Dreamland, opening today, champions older, slower and, it hopes, hipper amusements. Friday’s Travel News and Tips 2015-06-19T04:00:00Z

It’s your first glimpse of the latest in a line of derring-doers who are challenging notions about what a superpowered champion can look like. In ‘Naomi,’ a Black Girl Comes of Age Heroically 2022-01-11T05:00:00Z

Still, give the company credit for taking opera to an unconventional setting and for championing this overlooked 1777 work. 2010-01-21T05:36:00Z

The call by the self- styled champions of women's rights has left the state police astonished. Arundhati Roy | Gandhi, but with guns | Part Four 2010-03-27T09:00:00Z

Helping to make it look accurate was Michael Bentt, a former professional world champion who served as the opera’s boxing consultant. Putting the Brutality of a Prize Fight on the Met Opera Stage 2023-04-28T04:00:00Z

Sebald became an international figure after his work was championed by Susan Sontag. A Biography of W.G. Sebald, Who Transformed His Borrowings Into Lasting Art 2021-10-12T04:00:00Z

A spokeswoman initially defended the merchandise, saying the museum is nonpartisan and that “we are champions not only of a free press but also of free speech.” Another Newseum executive jumps from the sinking ship 2018-08-23T04:00:00Z

She was Miss May Sutton, and she won Wimbledon in 1905, wresting the title from the defending champion, Miss K. Douglass, “in decisive fashion,” The Times reported. Weekend Entertainments From the Archives of The New York Times 2015-07-09T04:00:00Z

But the most indelible portraits are the ones taken by Alfred Stieglitz, her professional champion and husband of twenty-two years. Georgia O’Keeffe’s Powerful Personal Style 2017-04-06T04:00:00Z

He championed the work of Sean Combs when the rapper decided he wanted to be a fashion designer. Perspective | André Leon Talley became an icon by never losing faith in the glory of fashion 2022-01-19T05:00:00Z

The “American Idol” champion is CMT’s top overall winner with 11 belt buckles in her career. Underwood wins 3rd straight CMT video of year 2014-06-04T04:00:00Z

Photograph: Frederic J Brown/AFP/Getty Images Film critics pride themselves on holding the industry to a higher standard than Academy voters do, championing art over entertainment, innovation over box office returns. Why the Golden Globes are still the ones to watch 2012-12-13T15:27:14Z

Maybe so, but “it’s just hugely important to be sure it’s done right,” said Christopher Doyle, executive director for Europe of the Adventure Travel Trade Association, which champions sustainable adventure travel markets. Skiing Kosovo, Abandoned Lifts and All 2016-02-24T05:00:00Z

Mr. Diaz, a South American skimboarding champion, called Viña del Mar “the Chilean version of Laguna,” adding that “here you need to use more technique than in California.” Overnighter: The Charms of Vi?a del Mar, Along Chile?s Coast 2011-05-20T18:55:00Z

Its champions tried to save it by building a railroad to Olympia, but at Quilcene they ran out of money. ‘Frontier Boosters’: Port Townsend’s elusive dream 2014-04-02T23:42:55Z

Instead of playing it safe, City Opera championed a work that had been dismissed as a hopeless, pretentious hodgepodge. City Opera Faces Hard Times With Daring 2010-12-18T23:20:19Z

The scene is also disappointing for fans of "The Good Fight" itself, a show with its mission to champion inequality and those with less power in its title. Selena Gomez slams “The Good Fight” for “tasteless” joke about her kidney transplant 2021-08-04T04:00:00Z

Ms. Germino was a champion of contemporary music, including experimental works with percussion and electronics, when, a few years ago, she was diagnosed with a hearing condition that rendered her extremely sensitive to sound. The Philharmonic Takes New Music Beyond Geffen Hall 2018-10-09T04:00:00Z

Paul Taylor just ended the inaugural catwalk of his American Modern Dance initiative to preserve vintage dances and champion younger contemporary voices alongside his own. Refreshening Postmodern Roots 2015-04-04T04:00:00Z

The Yellowjackets of the title are the feisty girls of a New Jersey state champion high school soccer team whose plane goes down in the remote Canadian wilderness in 1996, stranding them for months. Review: In ‘Yellowjackets,’ It’s Reunion Time for the Crash of ’96 2021-11-11T05:00:00Z

I’m a 15-time national champion, so for me I had a long, competitive dancing career before joining “Dancing With the Stars.” On summer tour, dancing brothers Maks and Val Chmerkovskiy get personal 2016-06-30T04:00:00Z

Some people’s whole lives get upended when they first discover Tintoretto, the most Venetian of artists and the world champion of painterly turbulence. 3 Days, 150 Paintings: A Whirlwind Tintoretto Tour 2018-11-15T05:00:00Z

One of the reasons Mr. Powell championed underdogs, Ms. Benson reasoned, was that he was one. Chasing the Scent of a Brooklyn Fragrance Lover 2021-03-17T04:00:00Z

Yesterday a tweet from a verified Twitter account, Downtown Josh Brown, stated, “NBA champion Warriors skipping the White House visit, as a unanimous team decision per reports.” Dear Golden State Warriors: You can be champions of the #Resistance, too 2017-06-14T04:00:00Z

As it turns out, Sinclair’s chief executive, Christopher Ripley, is a hydroxychloroquine enthusiast, who championed the drug in an April email to Sinclair employees. Sinclair yanked a pandemic conspiracy theory program. But it has stayed in line with Trump on coronavirus. 2020-07-31T04:00:00Z

“Because we were championing these good, small producers who were making a great product, people recognised that and would say ‘It’s awesome that you’re doing their wines on tap, because they’re good wines’.” Thinking inside the box: how cask wine became cool again 2017-07-07T04:00:00Z

That doesn’t stop Samantha from championing one dying miner — and learning how heartbreaking that can be. Book review: John Grisham’s ‘Gray Mountain’ is a searing look at Big Coal

In 1975 he played George Zaharias, the husband of the champion track star and golfer Babe Didrickson Zaharias, in the television movie “Babe.” Alex Karras, N.F.L. Lineman and Actor, Dies at 77 2012-10-10T17:24:05Z

She buys every newspaper with a story about the case, as if she were the proud parent of a spelling-bee champion. ‘Saint Omer’ Review: The Trials of Motherhood 2023-01-12T05:00:00Z

Kaitano, originally from Zimbabwe, spent the past four years leading Girl Be Heard, a global nonprofit organization that champions social change through performing arts and storytelling. MacDowell Names Chiwoniso Kaitano Its Next Executive Director 2023-02-24T05:00:00Z

Growing up in small-town Tasmania, she was a blue-ribbon golfer, state champion twice over, she said. The Comedy-Destroying, Soul-Affirming Art of Hannah Gadsby 2018-07-24T04:00:00Z

Ms. Zambello, a busy opera director and the new artistic adviser of the Washington National Opera, has long championed American musicals and plans to do one every season at Glimmerglass. Opera Star Tries Doin? What Comes Natur?lly 2011-07-14T22:16:30Z

Mr. Hall and his counterparts championed bold works innovatively staged. Adrian Hall, Who Invigorated Regional Theater, Dies at 95 2023-02-21T05:00:00Z

Next month, Sheeran will perform in a concert to kickoff the NFL season opener between the reigning Super Bowl champion Tampa Bay Buccaneers and the Dallas Cowboys in Florida. Ed Sheeran says new ‘coming of age’ album coming in October 2021-08-19T04:00:00Z

The Crystal Method mix a few more minutes of frenetic big beat, then depart with arms clasped aloft, like champions savoring a latent taste of their heyday. Blade Rave: the club night where blood rains from the ceiling 2015-10-12T04:00:00Z

For a feature called Great True Hunts in True magazine, he traveled the globe on hunting expeditions with celebrities like the golf champion Sam Snead and the Shah of Iran. Robert Halmi, 90, Producer of TV Films, Dies 2014-08-01T04:00:00Z

Michael Shermer, a professor, columnist for Scientific American and longtime public champion of reason and rationality, takes on this question and more. ‘The Moral Arc’: evidence that humanity is on the upswing 2015-02-22T05:00:00Z

O’Neil, who made four of the 32 prints, champions nontoxic materials and new techniques in screen printing. In the galleries: Hand Print Workshop celebrates two colorful decades 2017-03-24T04:00:00Z

He was also a champion complainer who believed that the fates conspired against him from having, say, a hotel room to his liking. The Curious, Astounding Collection of the Magician Ricky Jay 2021-10-19T04:00:00Z

A riesling from Alsace helps us transition to the Pacific Northwest, where a new label from the Willamette Valley is boosting Oregon’s claim to be in the ranks of world-class champions of riesling. This crisp $14 chardonnay will help start your new year off right 2021-12-30T05:00:00Z

We still believe that the Poetry Society has the potential to take a lead in the sector, as a champion of excellence helping more people to participate in the art form. Poetry Society funding withheld 2011-07-27T08:32:20Z

The Point Horror books were a feature, Roald Dahl was a champion, but Philip Pullman’s “His Dark Materials” trilogy defined me as a young reader. Phoebe Waller-Bridge Loves Antiheroines. Of Course. 2019-11-21T05:00:00Z

As it turns out, she’s pretty good at championing the little guy. Law, be a lady: "Stumptown" leads the new squad of TV women fighting for justice 2019-09-21T04:00:00Z

Of the best musical nominees, "Memphis" is most traditionally structured by Broadway standards, centering on a white DJ in the 1950s who champions a black female singer and falls in love with her. No Obvious Front-Runner in Tony Race 2010-05-04T18:24:00Z

As Amodio built up a string of wins, he amassed a large following on social media, where he answered fans’ questions, shared behind-the-scenes details and bantered with his fellow “Jeopardy!” champions. Matt Amodio’s ‘Jeopardy!’ Streak Ends After 38 Wins 2021-10-11T04:00:00Z

As a renaissance man and amateur enlightenment philosopher, Laszlo champions reason over violence, and loyalty to his heart over any law that would compel him to do otherwise. It's a scientific fact: "What We Do in the Shadows" Laszlo is a friend we need, in deed 2023-08-25T04:00:00Z

In the same way that older songs can find new audiences on TikTok, older slang emerges on the app to be championed by a broader, younger audience. A Short History of ‘Simp’ 2020-07-07T04:00:00Z

Gauguin has been both championed and reviled by art history, by feminism and critiques of colonialism. Paul Gauguin: guilty as charged 2010-09-27T20:31:00Z

Just as the New Deal incurred the hatred of wealthy rightists by championing the deprived classes, so did the reforms of the Gracchi brothers incur the hatred of the Roman senators. Letters to the Editor 2019-01-18T05:00:00Z

Durand-Ruel championed those artists in the 1860s, when they still were considered unworthy by the academic establishment. Paul Durand-Ruel, the Paris Dealer Who Put Impressionism on the Map 2015-07-22T04:00:00Z

But it was Marina Yachting , part of the same umbrella company as the down champions Moncler, which suggested a trend back to the blazer jacket as part of its nautical image. Special Report: Fashion Special Report: Fash File 2011-01-14T14:01:08Z

He lived in a cave, ate only fruits and vegetables, championed animal rights, and refused to consume any article produced by slave labor. A radical for our time: Benjamin Lay, the Quaker dwarf abolitionist you didn't learn about in class 2017-09-11T04:00:00Z

This all leads Colbert to call him the “reigning champion of ‘Corrupt or Dumb.’” Why we need serious Trump jokes: From "SNL" to Colbert, comedians make sense out of impeachment 2019-10-08T04:00:00Z

That one fight sometimes overshadows the fact that George was the oldest heavyweight champion that we've had to date. Why "Big George Forman" star Khris Davis refused to wear a fat suit 2023-04-29T04:00:00Z

Last year's MacTaggart lecture was given by US actor Kevin Spacey, who used his speech to champion streaming services like Netflix, the producer of his acclaimed House of Cards TV series. Channel 4 boss voices US buyout fears 2014-08-22T04:00:00Z

She attended public elementary school, then Horace Mann and Deerfield Academy, where she was a New England diving champion. Amanda Brooks Is Taking Her Leave 2012-05-30T21:48:56Z

At the 1981 Dance Magazine awards, Russell met the Olympic figure skating champion John Curry. When Ski Ballet Pushed at the Porous Boundary Between Art and Sport 2022-02-11T05:00:00Z

Yet, despite being the world champion, she hasn’t been able to race an ultra since. Why don’t Kenyans run ultramarathons? 2018-02-27T05:00:00Z

Then there are the artisans — the lamb farmers, the grapeseed oil producers, the scallop divers — who all have tales to tell about the chef who encouraged and championed them. Jean-Louis Palladin was D.C.’s original celebrity chef. But his legacy is complicated. 2019-08-17T04:00:00Z

Sometime ranter and champion monologuist Craig Ferguson has calmed down a little bit for his new show, “Join or Die,” a look at history that premieres on the History Channel Thursday night. Craig Ferguson breaks down Donald Trump’s old tricks and why comedians need to “just f**ing deal with” p.c. criticism 2016-02-17T05:00:00Z

It depicts the short, slim 44-year-old with an infectious smile as a champion of democracy and human rights. ?The Island President? and Mohamed Nasheed of the Maldives 2012-03-28T12:00:00Z

The reality TV star and her professional dance partner, Tony Dovolani, were named the champions Tuesday on ABC's "Dancing With the Stars: All Stars." `Dancing With the Stars: All Stars' champ crowned 2012-11-28T04:37:09Z

He served on boards and committees that championed corporate responsibility and continues to do so. For Two Frequent Fliers, a Trip Down the Matrimonial Runway 2016-02-26T05:00:00Z

Given his position as a vocal and persistent champion of reason, I always suspected this day would come. New atheists must become new vegans: Sam Harris, Richard Dawkins and the extra burden on moral leaders 2016-01-09T05:00:00Z

The majority of the exhibit’s correspondence focuses on her long-term relationship with Stieglitz, her biggest champion. A Pioneering Photographer, Bare in the Back Country 2018-12-26T05:00:00Z

So there’s no problem and First Amendment champions should just calm down, right? Perspective | Trump’s threats against the press may be toothless. But they’re far from harmless. 2017-10-13T04:00:00Z

With its carefully curated, stylish androgynous nonchalance — accessorized with high heels, black nail polish and smoky eyes — Maneskin breaks down gender barriers and champions self-expression. They Won Eurovision. Can They Conquer the World? 2021-06-16T04:00:00Z

Her new collection of reviews, profiles and essays, “Nobody’s Looking at You,” is a reminder, however, that she is also a great champion. Janet Malcolm, a Withering Critic, in a Nostalgic Key 2019-02-05T05:00:00Z

Karen O lauded the The Creators Project, saying it "champions the artist and the art in a desperate time where artist exploitation runs rampant." Karen O to debut opera at The Creators Project 2011-09-30T19:32:07Z

She’s Kali Reis, a world champion boxer in both the welterweight and middleweight classes. ‘Catch the Fair One’ Review: The Fight of Her Life 2022-02-10T05:00:00Z

The work soon found champions — most prominent among them Christoph von Dohnanyi, who not only conducted the premiere, but also campaigned for the work in the United States, presenting it in Cleveland and New York. Is ‘The Bassarids’ an Operatic Masterpiece, or ‘Strauss Turned Sour’? 2018-08-17T04:00:00Z

When I was very small, I knew Dad had been world champion, but I didn’t know what that meant. Sporting children of champions: 'I've always had a need for speed' 2017-04-15T04:00:00Z

Until recently, Hallmark of Harmony was one of the most successful barbershop choruses in the country: six times national champions, representing Britain in international competitions in the US. The secret of barbershop: harmonise, project ? and smile! 2010-07-27T21:29:00Z

It’s also by a female playwright — to its credit, a demographic the Mint has long championed. ‘Becomes a Woman’ Review: A Girl Gets Wise in Brooklyn 2023-03-01T05:00:00Z

Any look beyond “American Gothic,” or even a close look at that familiar image of man, woman, house and pitchfork, will dispel the notion of Wood as a harmless, mainstream champion of patriotic Americana. Books of The Times: Behind That Humble Pitchfork, a Complex Artist 2010-10-03T22:19:00Z

Unfortunately he didn't feel the same passion as he had for my first film and didn't feel comfortable championing it. Readers respond after 'Boyhood' fails to impress critic Kenneth Turan 2014-08-07T04:00:00Z

“The thing that always kills me, even at a Jeopardy! champion, is that is seen in America as this proxy IQ test, like if you win Jeopardy! you’re a genius,” he told me. It’s not about IQ: How to win on “Jeopardy!” 2014-02-23T23:00:00Z

Not only is he a Super Bowl champion, but he was one of the subjects in the book by Michael Lewis "The Blind Side: Evolution of a Game." Is "The Blind Side" a lie? Michael Oher's claims of an adoption that never happened, explained 2023-08-16T04:00:00Z

In the conductor Kent Nagano, the production has the world’s finest champion of “A Quiet Place,” who several years ago recorded Sunderland’s version and again leads it to brilliant and illuminating effect. Review: A Rescue Operation Salvages Leonard Bernstein’s Final Opera 2022-03-10T05:00:00Z

As the first leader of the one-party communist state, Lenin redistributed land and nationalized industry and banks in a bid to champion the working class. Wider image: Monuments to Lenin remain 100 years after Russian Revolution 2017-11-02T04:00:00Z

While Olympic and world champions are treated as heroes when they return, receiving apartments, cars and financial support, Kim Un Guk said bringing joy to the country was reward enough. Love, eggs and ideas: the keys to NKorean weightlifting success 2014-09-23T04:00:00Z

He suspects that the people who once championed him are now awaiting his downfall. Drake’s Musical Wanderlust on “More Life” 2017-03-21T04:00:00Z

Where was Tony Bennett, the patriarch of the American songbook and Sinatra’s greatest champion? Review: Stars Pay Tribute to Frank Sinatra 2015-12-04T05:00:00Z

This month Jeopardy!, a US quiz show that has broadcast there for decades, will televise a contest between two of its past champions and a super-intelligent computer. Meet Watson, the computer set to beat Jeopardy's champions 2011-02-06T00:05:33Z

Jon Stewart returned from his week-long hiatus Tuesday night to sit down with Kentucky Senator and noted “free speech” champion, Rand Paul. Jon Stewart blasts Rand Paul’s “disingenuous” stance on religious freedom: “Don’t they sell cakes to sinners all the time?” 2015-05-27T04:00:00Z

But Charlie Hebdo found critics where it had also found champions, among the legions of Europeans and Americans who had long been content to ignore its existence. Adjusting to a World That Won’t Laugh With You 2015-06-05T04:00:00Z

It’s also a change of gears for Ms. Coyne, 64, known for championing and channeling female voices. An Artist Who Champions and Channels Female Voices 2018-09-13T04:00:00Z

A similar tactic has been used at the Nashville Symphony Orchestra, which has a history of championing contemporary American music. What’s Lost When Pops Orchestras Tap Pop Culture 2016-08-24T04:00:00Z

"The final six reflect the centrality of the novel in modern culture – in its ability to champion the unconventional, to explore the unfamiliar, and to tackle difficult subjects." Scottish killings and Californian satire on shortlist for Man Booker Prize 2016-09-13T04:00:00Z

Last weekend's champion, "Super 8," slipped to No. 2 with $21.3 million. "Green Lantern" falls short at box office 2011-06-19T16:37:53Z

Parental documentation, including a period when Greg was a teenage diving champion, turns to self-documentation on YouTube, with a series of videos on makeup application, each lesson capped with the directive to “Stay gorgeous.” Review: ‘This Is Everything: Gigi Gorgeous,’ a Self-Made Cover Girl 2017-02-02T05:00:00Z

Among those inspired by Spielberg’s blockbuster about a stranded alien was future Olympic track cycling champion Chris Hoy. At Tokyo Olympics, a debt to ‘Back to the Future’ and ‘E.T.’ 2021-07-23T04:00:00Z

By the next election cycle, Stewart was the undisputed champion of American progressivism. Good riddance, Jon Stewart: How Trevor Noah could revitalize “The Daily Show” 2015-03-30T04:00:00Z

He was among the first to champion acts from Pink Floyd to the White Stripes, to Bragg himself. Billy Bragg to give Peel Lecture 2012-10-05T12:56:48Z

Another of Slate's early champions, Kroll — who continually hires her to appear on his Comedy Central show — is excited about the visibility that "Obvious Child" will give her. 'Obvious Child's' Jenny Slate ready to be in the lead 2014-06-09T04:00:00Z

Phillips, Queen Elizabeth II's granddaughter and a former equestrian world champion, went back to work Tuesday to launch a range of children's equestrian clothing. Zara Phillips returns to work, missing honeymoon 2011-08-02T16:48:08Z

Too often, premieres have short rehearsal periods; then, unless future performances are lined up, or unless soloists champion concertos written for them, the music can easily disappear. Review: At the Philharmonic, a Conductor Argues With Passion 2023-01-22T05:00:00Z

Indian Khan’s was in recognition of his work championing the rights of children and women in India. Davos elite tap Cate Blanchett, Elton John, Shah Rukh Khan for human r 2018-01-22T05:00:00Z

A girl who is a world champion at consuming one of the products your factory makes? Charlie and the Chocolate Factory: a twisted Victorian morality tale 2013-06-26T16:31:07Z

But while it's true that some individual women may succeed through their individual agency, championing their achievements does nothing to dismantle the oppression of women, femmes, non-binary people and indeed people of all genders. Oscar snub of "Little Women" shows the limits of Hollywood feminism 2020-02-15T05:00:00Z

But it champions its women with a handy, all-purpose rationale: Sometimes doing the wrong thing is also right. In ‘Big Little Lies,’ Liane Moriarty Finds New Complications 2014-07-24T04:00:00Z

And the actual space is amazing: The library is gorgeous, there’s a nice little cafe, and the shows they put on are always championing and nurturing young, different voices that other theaters wouldn’t necessarily do. Lucy Moss Unwinds With Songwriting and TikTok Cleaning Tutorials 2022-06-07T04:00:00Z

Then they replaced us on the assembly lines, explored places we couldn't get to, even beat our champions at chess. Machines beat us at our own game: What can we do? 2011-02-17T13:31:05Z

She could have been a champion, she was that talented. Oracle CEO Ellison's daughter pans for Oscar gold 2013-02-23T11:09:09Z

With its share of courtroom drama, music industry shoptalk and thoughtful analysis, the series is finely calibrated to appeal to true-crime junkies, hip-hop fans and champions of social justice alike. 7 Things to Do This Weekend 2020-11-12T05:00:00Z

Discouraged, he quit music and spent decades as a member of Detroit’s working class, unaware that his albums had been discovered and championed by an army of enthusiastic fans in South Africa. Stream These 15 Great Titles Before They Leave Netflix in July 2020-07-01T04:00:00Z

She had dreamed of being an Olympian since she was eight and wrote on her blackboard at home, "I want to be an Olympic champion." Marion Jones: 'I'm a sucker for a challenge' 2010-05-29T23:05:00Z

With a light touch, Ms. Bode wove together family history and political history: Khadi cloth represents the resurgence of domestic cloth manufacture to India, a cause championed by Gandhi. New York Men’s Fashion Week: The Mixtape 2018-07-11T04:00:00Z

Tavener, whose work was championed by Prince Charles, received a knighthood from Queen Elizabeth II in 2000 for services to music. John Tavener, Composer and Seeker, Dies at 69 2013-11-12T18:20:35Z

But in hundreds of recordings and countless performances, Mr. Frühbeck de Burgos was not defined solely as a champion of music from the Iberian peninsula. Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos, conductor known for his subtle interpretations, dies at 80

But with legalization and the attendant push to gentrify the drug, a small but vocal contingent have become champions of cannabis as a cooking ingredient in its own right. More than munchies: how eating pot went from crude to 'elevated' dining 2018-08-13T04:00:00Z

Former world chess champion Garry Kasparov was among an array of speakers who sought to give the protesters a sense of empowerment. Gorbachev to Putin: Leave power peacefully 2011-12-24T17:27:00Z

If there was a rivalry between them in the 1930s and ’40s, it was a rivalry between champion thoroughbreds. ‘Feud: Bette and Joan’ Episode 5: Taking the Stage 2017-04-02T04:00:00Z

“The Super Bowl is what champions are made of,” she declared as “Bad Romance” revved up. Lady Gaga at the Super Bowl: No Controversy, Lots of Glitter 2017-02-05T05:00:00Z

If pointing out hypocrisy is a sport, Bell’s an unassuming champion in the pilot of CNN’s newest infotainment installment that launched Sunday. Can W. Kamau Bell make CNN hilarious? 2016-04-22T04:00:00Z

Judges said it "broke a mould, rethinking the autobiography category as it presented the life of a body, reflecting on Shapton's experience as a champion swimmer and subsequent experiences as an artist". National Book Critics Circle award goes to Ben Fountain 2013-03-01T11:05:41Z

With the clean-cut owner of Goldie’s Ice Cream Shoppe on her right, Mrs. Clinton put on her super-folksy accent and stated, again, “I’m running for president because everyday Americans and their families need a champion.” Hillary Clinton Aims to Capture the Cool 2015-05-22T04:00:00Z

What they have produced is a film that will make everyone who sees it want to champion it. One fan's mission to Lars 2012-06-02T22:01:47Z

I champion education and health in particular because if you look at Maslow's hierarchy of needs, once people address those things, then they can start to talk about things like global warming. Rob Delaney: 'Men in their 20s are the worst thing happening on our planet' 2013-06-12T20:01:13Z

Sometimes it’s deliberate, for example, when talking to a know-it-all who, right out the gate wants to declare himself the infallible champion. Infallibility battles: How to avoid those ‘I’m right and you’re wrong about everything’ fights 2017-01-06T05:00:00Z

Bakunin, on the other hand, championed the revolutionary potential of the “uncivilized, the disinherited, the miserable, the illiterate” who would eventually throw off the yolk of oppression through violent revolt. Hushpuppy, anarchist antihero? 2012-08-09T19:40:00Z

The graffiti was added as a third step, along with the T-shirt of Helios, a costumed champion who is not necessarily an ally of DMC. Filling In an '80s Comic With Real Graffiti Tags 2014-10-22T04:00:00Z

She has plans to take on the pope, who she says is not as wonderful as his champions would have people believe, largely because of his silence on gay rights. For Karen Finley, Jackie O. is for outrage in 'The Jackie Look' 2015-11-21T05:00:00Z

After Stalin, she championed the still forbidden Western modern music of Schoenberg and Stravinsky. Russian pianist Alexei Lubimov fittingly honors the woman who insulted Stalin to his face 2016-03-01T05:00:00Z

The one-time champion bodybuilder enjoyed a string of hits in the 1980s and '90s before his election to political office in 2003. Schwarzenegger will be back on the big screen 2011-07-13T08:18:07Z

Switchboard duty is purgatory for Midge, a woman who worked the Revlon counter like a champion until she crossed the wrong people. Smart Watch: Emmy winner “Mrs. Maisel” is still marvelous in a dazzling season 2 2018-12-01T05:00:00Z

The main villains are caricatured foreigners: a glowering Japanese general and karate expert in the first film and a barbaric British boxing champion in the second. Film: Enter the Teacher to the Dragon of Martial Arts Films 2011-01-23T02:30:15Z

“Laurie has been a passionate champion of the arts her entire professional life — from creating MoCADA to supporting the arts as a council member,” said Anne Pasternak, director of the Brooklyn Museum. Amid Opposition, Laurie Cumbo Named New York City’s Culture Czar 2022-03-25T04:00:00Z

The former Big Creek High School is the alma mater of Homer Hickam Jr. and four friends who became national science fair champions in 1960. Rocket Boys' alma mater in W.Va. to be demolished 2010-08-30T13:06:00Z

James McLaren was a brilliant journalist and a tireless champion of the Welsh music scene. Bands in tribute to music writer 2012-08-07T15:55:41Z

The grand champion’s recipe wandered even further from tradition: Andrea Sullivan, the woman who had never previously made a pasty, had added olive oil, dried basil and fresh minced garlic to Myrtle’s traditional filling. Pasty cookoff: A family tradition, stuffed with taunts

The new documentary film “Momentum Generation,” set to premiere Tuesday on HBO, traces the bond among nine surfers, including 11-time world champion Kelly Slater, who went on to transform and dominate their sport. A Surrogate Family Takes to the Waves in ‘Momentum Generation’ 2018-12-10T05:00:00Z

And what better time to show up than right when the High Sparrow is searching for a champion capable of defeating the Mountain — a.k.a. the Hound’s long-hated big brother — in Cersei’s trial by combat? 10 Long-Lost Characters Who May Return to 'Game of Thrones' 2016-06-03T04:00:00Z

The conservative firebrand rose to national prominence in the 1970s as a spokesperson for the so-called "silent majority" and champion of the "traditional values" that feminism supposedly threatened. In "Mrs. America," Cate Blanchett shines as a frigid firebrand who challenges the feminist movement 2020-04-15T04:00:00Z

That’s no small feat when your mission is to champion an art form that’s never an easy sell in a city that’s the poster child for the decline of the American factory town. Forget retirement. Wayne Brown returns to Detroit to run an opera. 2015-03-19T04:00:00Z

One day you’re up, telling jokes in class like a champion, the next day you’re down, accidentally kicking the ball in your own goal and losing the clutch game. Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day: short on drama but lots of fun – first look review 2014-10-02T04:00:00Z

What she needs is a new male champion to twirl her talented daughter, Tammy, to success in the national finals in Blackpool. Ballroom Blitz – review 2012-06-21T17:15:01Z

A city once derided as a cultural backwater is now championed as a serious arts player by locals and visitors alike. Art Basel Miami Beach Is Canceled 2020-09-04T04:00:00Z

Whether championing math, poetry, or just how to be a decent human being, the inspirational teacher is as familiar to movie audiences as the class stoner. ‘Critical Thinking’ Review: All the Right Moves 2020-09-03T04:00:00Z

Originally renowned as a cellist, Mr. Barab was a lifelong champion of contemporary music. Seymour Barab, 93, Composer of Playful Operas, Dies 2014-07-10T04:00:00Z

But they paved the way for Tani to become a chess champion. For 9-year-old immigrant, chess isn’t just a game. It’s a life-changer. 2020-03-31T04:00:00Z

Accessible, enthusiastic and keen to share information, he embodied the qualities that he championed in his wines. Denis Dubourdieu, Who Elevated Bordeaux White Wines, Dies at 67 2016-07-28T04:00:00Z

The first season of this show is wrapping up, with one man and one woman to be crowned champions and a $500,000 cash prize. What’s on TV This Week: ‘Atlanta’ and Fall Previews 2022-09-12T04:00:00Z

There’s no life hack to making it as a champion stone skimmer. 'It seems so simple': can I cut it at the World Stone Skimming Championships? 2019-11-01T04:00:00Z

But they're also unquestionably the champions of the little guy in many instances. Forget civility: On “The Good Fight,” “Luke Cage” and “Dietland,” resistance means go... 2018-06-30T04:00:00Z

Every year in cities around the world, the music festival Afropunk draws people from the African diaspora to celebrate and champion blackness in all of its expressions. Street Style: Afropunk 2018 2018-08-28T04:00:00Z

She did eventually marry Ron, a fellow spearfishing champion who was also skilled with an underwater camera, and they began making films documenting marine life together. The Woman Who Captured ‘Jaws,’ Then Worked to Undo the Damage 2021-07-27T04:00:00Z

He champions the PBR with zeal, speaking as one of the guys, eager to run back downstairs, strap in and hold on. The cowboy code: Bonner Bolton on being the model all-American man 2017-01-29T05:00:00Z

And getting a straight answer about the scope of the problem from people who champion the cause is difficult at best. Zombie state 2012-06-08T14:45:00Z

Mr. Thomas was signaling that under his leadership the orchestra would champion idiosyncratic American composers, especially West Coasters like Harrison. Michael Tilson Thomas?s American Mavericks 2012-02-24T20:12:23Z

Ms. Chastain did not confront the controversy around the film, but chose instead to honor Ms. Bigelow, its director, as a champion of women. ‘Argo’ and ‘Les Misérables’ Win Top Golden Globes 2013-01-14T05:28:16Z

Cooley’s protégé, Bud Frazier, continued the work of refining artificial hearts, eventually championing a design in which the device doesn’t pump so much as continually whir. The Quest to Create and Perfect an Artificial Heart 2018-09-17T04:00:00Z

It’s true that Rhode looks more like a soccer mom than an Olympic champion, but she’s way more formidable than she looks. Jordyn Wieber shocker: Gymnastics is not a meritocracy 2012-07-30T11:46:00Z

You don’t hear much of what Mark, who’s most expressive when he’s grunting and grappling on a mat, says other than in 1984 he was a champion, winning the gold medal hanging from his neck. Steve Carell and Channing Tatum in ‘Foxcatcher’ 2014-11-13T05:00:00Z

For his part, Avildsen said Capra — who also championed underdogs on film — was his favorite director. 'Rocky' and 'Karate Kid' Director John Avildsen Dies at 81 2017-06-17T04:00:00Z

He championed the issue in a speech at the Democratic National Convention and will stump for candidates who see eye-to-eye with him — including Hillary Clinton. What’s wrong with politicizing a tragedy? For Sen. Chris Murphy, nothing at all. 2016-09-27T04:00:00Z

In the main draw she lost to the defending champion before recovering to finish fourth and pick up another $2,000. Big Buck Hunter: Meet the world’s best fake marksmen 2012-11-25T16:00:00Z

Driscoll spent the past nine years at pharmacy benefits manager Medco Health, most recently as group president, where he championed electronic prescribing, helped establish a national drug safety system in Sweden, and oversaw consumer-driven programs. On Heels Of Record Health IT Funding, Castlight Health Recruits Former Medco Executive 2012-05-15T13:04:25Z

She details her childhood; her adolescence; her unorthodox marriage to her husband, the astronomer David Peck Todd; her passionate relationship with Austin; her position as “the first, best champion of Emily’s genius.” Review: ‘A Woman of the World’ Dwells in Possibility 2019-11-01T04:00:00Z

The designer championed “reverse migration” six years ago, urging his embroiderers to move back to their villages, while still working with them continually. Unfamiliar Territory for Indian Bridal Industry 2020-07-16T04:00:00Z

Beach was an unlikely champion of literary modernism. Books of The Times: ?Letters of Sylvia Beach,? Edited by Keri Walsh 2010-04-18T22:21:00Z

The channel said Thursday that the current champion is "Harry Potter" actor Rupert Grint. Top Gun meets 'Top Gear' in UK TV show race 2010-07-22T14:31:00Z

Marin Alsop, the music director of the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, is a tireless champion of the new at this contemporary music celebration. 50 Essential Summer Festivals 2015-05-15T04:00:00Z

The final night, six brass musicians affiliated with the trombonist Roswell Rudd — a champion of Nichols’s songbook who died last year — will play in a horns-only outfit led by the trumpeter Steven Bernstein. 13 Pop, Rock and Jazz Concerts to Check Out in N.Y.C. This Weekend 2018-12-27T05:00:00Z

And, indeed, the neo-liberal champion of free movement of capital, or the nationalist adversary of a free movement of labour? Enoch at 100 edited by Lord Howard of Rising – review 2012-07-12T07:09:21Z

The bantamweight champion Cody Garbrandt also wears David August suits — but he looks, at best, like a mini-Conor, and, at worst, like a mob boss on Halloween. Hollywood Image-Makers Work Their Magic on U.F.C. Brawlers 2017-08-22T04:00:00Z

Rejected passages describe a marketer who champions slogans, hosts who are not hospitable, an inventor of push-buttons that satisfy human desires. Exhibition Review: The Morgan Explores the Origins of ‘The Little Prince’ 2014-01-24T00:34:37Z

It’s worth mentioning that some nominees — like Neal Stephenson, the eccentric visionary whose novel “Seveneves” is up for an award — are both widely respected across the political spectrum and championed by the conservative groups. Sci-fi’s Tea Party trolls go to war: Battle over prestigious Hugo Awards heats up 2016-04-27T04:00:00Z

For the better part of a century, this decorated singer from Astoria, Queens, has championed the great American songbook, bewitching audiences with renditions of pop and jazz standards by Cole Porter, Irving Berlin and others. 12 Pop, Rock and Jazz Concerts to Check Out in N.Y.C. This Weekend 2019-04-11T04:00:00Z

McKee is keen to stress the stories are about championing "differences" and "not about colour and race". The evolution of Elmer the Elephant 2014-07-08T04:00:00Z

The legendary force behind “Pink Flamingos” champions bad taste without bitterness or pretense. ‘Gay Directors, Gay Films?’ review: Onscreen depiction of sexuality 2015-08-21T04:00:00Z

Some are instead championing local growers and avoiding harmful substances like flower foam, while others are even cultivating their own flowers or privileging historically overlooked materials such as seedpods, roots and weeds. T Black Book: Florists 2020-11-18T05:00:00Z

By contrast, the “empathic design” championed by Van Der Ryn means creating a space that attends to a person’s needs, physical and emotional health, and “connection to others.” Why a city block can be one of the loneliest places on earth 2017-07-15T04:00:00Z

Mr. Hanick is one of the rare Babbitt champions among a younger generation of performers, and he will play the composer’s Piano Concerto No. 2 as part of the Juilliard festival on Jan. 29. Making Milton Babbitt’s Legacy Less Fearsome 2016-01-13T05:00:00Z

For instance, he singles out the idea of raising children without imposing binary gender expectations – a version of the kind of radical queer experimental living defiantly championed in much of his work – as ridiculous. John Waters: why the auteur of outrage won't joke about the Manson murders 2018-11-08T05:00:00Z

After years of releasing the kind of female empowerment anthems she’s championed since her Destiny’s Child days, she explored the grey areas of relationships with refreshing nuance and honest self-examination. Beyoncé One Year Later: What If It's a Breakup Album? 2014-12-12T05:00:00Z

“We wanted to restore all these vehicles, all of the media that did champion these women, for a contemporary audience, because they were telling these stories – even though race films were fictional – honestly,” Buirski said. The Rape of Recy Taylor: behind one of the year's most vital documentaries 2017-12-14T05:00:00Z

The young man crowned champion must never compete again, in Laborde or anywhere else. Adding Razzle-Dazzle to a Gaucho Dance Style 2020-02-11T05:00:00Z

Not to be outdone, Ms. Delevingne asserted her championing of racial equality with an Instagram image of a placard stating, “Black Lives Matter.” Models Are Raising Their Voices, and Their Profiles, Online 2015-08-10T04:00:00Z

I think what you realise is you can never pull off that Cassavetes stuff unless you have one actor who’s like a quarterback for the scene, team captain, champion. Jason Schwartzman: ‘This guy is so obnoxious, so abrasive, just off-putting’ 2015-06-04T04:00:00Z

Now the new doesn’t need a champion; the old does. Opportunity on Madison 2011-07-29T13:40:35Z

One can look back appreciatively, of course, on many one-of-a-kind classical offerings Kahn championed, in the conviction that he was cultivating a local audience that would itself grow ever more sophisticated. How will the Shakespeare show go on without Kahn? 2017-02-17T05:00:00Z

How could that happen?How could I accidentallyMake friends with a tennis champion?How could a tennis champion Make friends with me? 'Play up! play up!' 2010-07-09T23:05:00Z

Then her father, her biggest champion and inspiration, died unexpectedly. Meet the Cookiers, Home Bakers With a Bond Stronger Than Royal Icing 2018-12-04T05:00:00Z

“Big champions are our role model, and their story is there,” Mr. Gabet said. Heads Up: Telling the Olympic Story, Far From Sochi 2014-01-15T17:26:45Z

Last weekend’s box office champion, Universal’s “Abominable,” slid to second place, collecting $12 million for a domestic haul of $37.8 million. Box office: 'Joker' smashes October record with $93.5 million debut 2019-10-06T04:00:00Z

Spirited speeches were front and center at the MTV Movie and TV awards on Sunday, where the night's top winners at the usually irreverent awards show took to the stage to champion diversity and inclusion. Passionate speeches take spotlight at MTV Movie and TV awards 2017-05-07T04:00:00Z

I am always trying to champion African American women. Do we still need Black History Month? A conversation about the annual celebration 2017-02-03T05:00:00Z

His theories and books, however, have been championed by the likes of Howard Stern and Larry David, who are interviewed here along with plenty of noncelebrities. Review: ‘All the Rage’ Explores the Mind-Body Connection 2017-06-22T04:00:00Z

On Saturday, they bring to New York “Love Heals All Wounds,” a vaguely narrative work that touches on police brutality and champions empathy and inclusion. 5 Dance Performances to See in NYC This Weekend 2018-04-12T04:00:00Z

She has championed tax reform, a revamping of Chile's education system, an overhaul of Pinochet-era electoral rules and a law allowing civil unions for same-sex and unmarried heterosexual couples. Chile's Bachelet takes on conservatives with plan to ease abortion ban 2015-01-31T05:00:00Z

“Not only has Dave been one of the most gifted comics to walk the Earth, he’s a passionate champion of music, a curator of artists,” Legend said before introducing a segment of “Block Party.” Dave Chappelle accepts the Twain Prize: ‘I love my art form. It saved my life.’ 2019-10-27T04:00:00Z

“The Legion of Super-Heroes: The Great Darkness Sage” is a classic good versus ultimate evil yarn about a group of costumed champions from the 30th century facing one of their greatest enemies: Darkseid. ArtsBeat: Graphic Books Best Sellers: Janet Evanovich, 'Fables' and More 2010-12-03T18:19:00Z

Horrified by what had been done to her sister, Eunice became a passionate champion for people with disabilities. ‘Rosemary: The Hidden Kennedy Daughter,’ by Kate Clifford Larson 2015-10-06T04:00:00Z

Mr. Warlikowski expressed his wish to champion “Hamlet” by “provoking questions and creating a spiritual journey through this timeless story.” A Decidedly French “Hamlet” Returns to Paris 2023-01-24T05:00:00Z

I wanted Holtzmann to be a general champion for the disenfranchised and the other. Kate McKinnon on ‘Ghostbusters,’ ‘S.N.L.’ and Hillary Clinton 2016-08-03T04:00:00Z

Not always, and most conspicuously not by Hector Berlioz, who brilliantly championed Shakespeare — in music, music criticism and memoirs — from the moment he witnessed “Hamlet” on the stage until the end of his life. letters: The Singing Hamlet: The French Exception 2010-03-20T04:02:00Z

Former Super Bowl champion Derrick Ward tweeted about the kiss, “I’m sorry but that Michael Sam is no bueno for doing that on national tv.” Civilities: ‘Am I homophobic if I just don’t care that Michael Sam is gay?”

This first major biography of the great tennis champion, written by a civil rights historian, shows that Ashe’s activism was as important as his athletic skill. 11 New Books We Recommend This Week 2018-09-06T04:00:00Z

A beloved guest with Ballet Theater until two years ago, Ms. Ananiashvili championed Mr. Ratmansky before he was on top, at the end of the last century, at the Bolshoi Ballet. Dance Review: Nina Ananiashvili at Lincoln Center - Review 2011-11-06T22:49:43Z

That young man became the champion for the wine industry over the next half-century and influenced everything that is happening today. The oldest-vine wines in Washington come from Snipes Mountain 2015-01-07T05:00:00Z

He champions the changes: “I don’t want these shows to be considered something your granny went to see.” Not your granny’s ‘Phantom of the Opera’ at the Kennedy Center 2016-07-08T04:00:00Z

I immediately called up his old friend and steadfast champion, John Adams, who wrangled a commission from the Los Angeles Philharmonic. Ingram Marshall Built and Obscured Monoliths of Sound 2022-06-09T04:00:00Z

Yet its comic tone and absurd images jump-started the career of these artists, persuading radio programmers to champion their song. Pop Music Videos? I Want My YouTube! 2013-08-22T21:50:39Z

Mr. Downs was a man of many parts, with numerous interests unrelated to broadcasting — in his own self-effacing words, he was “a champion dilettante” who dabbled in music, art and science. Hugh Downs, Perennial Small-Screen Fixture, Is Dead at 99 2020-07-02T04:00:00Z

Past winners of the title of “master distiller” return for a champions tournament, competing to make the best spirits out of unusual raw ingredients. What’s on TV This Week: ‘We Own This City’ and the N.F.L. Draft 2022-04-25T04:00:00Z

Besides Galsworthy and Conrad, who became his close friends, he championed Stephen Crane, helped D.H. Review | The literary tastemaker who helped bring Joseph Conrad and E.M. Forster to light 2018-01-03T05:00:00Z

Where these throwback styles thrive is on the Internet, where dedicated if modest fan bases can champion all sorts of outsiders, even traditionalists. Music Review: Jay Electronica and Big K.R.I.T. Rap for Purists 2010-07-02T22:14:00Z

Asked if it was possible for the show to try to engineer streaks by, say, pitting champions against weaker opponents, Davies said, “I can assure you that that isn’t the case.” ‘Jeopardy!’ Keeps Seeing Winning Streaks. Champions Ponder Why. 2022-01-09T05:00:00Z

Mr. McCowen, who continues to appeal his conviction, deserves a better champion. Books of The Times: A Murder Trial to Cover, Axes to Grind 2011-07-07T21:30:32Z

Like Trump, Windrip sells himself as the champion of “Forgotten Men,” determined to bring dignity and prosperity back to America’s white working class. Reading the Classic Novel That Predicted Trump 2017-01-17T05:00:00Z

The prize is judged by a panel of 12 critics, DJs, musicians and other industry figures who often use the shortlist to champion left-field choices. Mercury Prize 2014: The nominees 2014-09-10T04:00:00Z

Mr. Trump became a champion in many rural communities, easing regulations, and paying farmers when his tough trade policies and the pandemic hurt sales. How America’s Food System Could Change Under Biden 2021-01-26T05:00:00Z

His collection fell into the hands of the novelist Richard Powers, who championed Yu to be named one of the National Book Foundation’s Five Under 35 most promising writers in America in 2007. With His Fourth Book, Charles Yu Finally Feels Like a Writer 2020-01-22T05:00:00Z

Its chief attractions were its two main ingredients, gin and yellow Chartreuse, liquors that the new generation of mixologists strenuously championed. A Cousin of the Martini, the Alaska, Strikes Gold 2018-04-16T04:00:00Z

There are so many great champions on the women's tour. Samantha Stosur, U.S. Open Champion 2011-09-23T06:05:00Z

The book discusses not only well-known figures from Western history like James Madison and Jeremy Bentham, but also constitutional champions from places as varied as Japan, Tunisia, Pitcairn Island, Tahiti, Russia and India. Why Constitutions Are the Safeguards of Freedom 2021-03-30T04:00:00Z

The film charts Halston’s rise, first dressing the A-list stars of the Studio 54 era, and then championing ready-to-wear clothing for the modern American woman through a deal with J.C. What’s on TV Sunday: ‘On Becoming a God in Central Florida’ and ‘Jawline’ 2019-08-25T04:00:00Z

This was the dinner provided by President Donald Trump at the White House Monday evening for the celebration of the national college football champions, the Clemson Tigers. Cold Whoppers in the White House: A visual metaphor for the Trump presidency 2019-01-15T05:00:00Z

Last week’s champion, The Revenant, fared the best with an estimated $12.4 million. 'Kung Fu Panda 3' Tops the Weekend Box Office 2016-01-31T05:00:00Z

The 47-year-old Holway, who lives in Hamilton, Va., became the world champion of her masters age group at last year’s CrossFit Games and is determined to defend her crown next month. How two local athletes juggle training with police and fire careers 2015-06-23T04:00:00Z

Keep up the work, you're a champion of "real wine," "wine as food" and all the other sayings that basically boil down to real people growing and making real wines. Let’s Be Clear: Bad Wines Are Bad Wines, Period 2017-05-15T04:00:00Z

The e-zine has been one of the most vocal champions of the 10-member collective's flood of releases in the last two years, hailing them for innovative production, inventive wordplay and twisted audacity. Odd Future booking puts Pitchfork festival in an odd position 2011-07-12T07:00:00Z

Bunting beat Phil Taylor in the European Championship second round in October, his first win over the 16-times world champion on TV. Two world titles, one champion? 2014-12-18T05:00:00Z

She then perched on his lap on the judges' podium as seven former "Idol" champions and more than 15 past contestants serenaded him. Simon Cowell feels the love on "American Idol" send-off 2010-05-27T04:29:00Z

The former heavyweight champion admits he is a big fan of the "Real Housewives" franchise on the Bravo network. Mike Tyson is a 'Real Housewives' fan 2011-03-07T22:53:13Z

His film stars Henry Cavill of “The Tudors” as Kal-El, a survivor of the destroyed planet Krypton who on earth becomes the costumed champion Superman but disguises himself as the all-too-human Clark Kent. ‘Man of Steel’ Aims to Make Superman Relevant Again 2013-05-22T12:06:02Z

“I’m here tonight because the people of Iowa have wisely named me the winner and champion of second place,” Fallon as Trump began. Watch Jimmy Fallon as Donald Trump After The Iowa Loss 2016-02-04T05:00:00Z

Some French intellectuals championed “The Maids” when it first opened in Paris. Interpreting ‘The Maids’ Through a Shifting Societal Lens 2014-07-31T04:00:00Z

Some Japanese expressed their dismay that foreign-born wrestlers were winning the top title of Yokozuna, or grand champion. Hakuho leads traditional new year stomping ceremony in Tokyo 2017-01-06T05:00:00Z

A major boost for tourism, the event’s runaway success has led to concerted efforts to champion authenticity, with vendors carefully vetted and some products banned. A beacon of Christmas tradition in Strasbourg, France 2021-12-16T05:00:00Z

Particularly in the case of long-form TV that Netflix itself champions, knowing an ending or key plot point doesn’t necessarily spoil it, but colours it in a new shade. The Netflix effect: why don't we care about spoilers any more? 2014-09-23T04:00:00Z

It's unlikely that country radio will champion this album, but somewhere in the great beyond, Bill Monroe is smiling approvingly. Billboard CD reviews: Kylie Minogue, Dierks Bentley 2010-06-25T22:00:00Z

He became a champion to me, always letting me present the band there in any context. Thurston Moore: The First Time I Saw Bands at CBGB (in 1976) 2017-05-02T04:00:00Z

Does he see himself as a champion of frustration? Adam Phillips: a life in writing 2012-06-01T21:55:08Z

Simon's songs didn't merely embrace the change; they championed it with raw energy and power. New Carly Simon compilation "These Are the Good Old Days" tells a wistful music industry story 2023-09-15T04:00:00Z

Britain is represented by the Royal Cornwall Yacht Club, captained by recently retired Olympic champion Ben Ainslie. TV highlights 18/04/2013 2013-04-18T06:00:04Z

Wawrinka is trying to avoid becoming the first defending champion to lose in the tournament’s first round. The Latest: Defending champion Wawrinka gets to 5th set 2016-05-23T04:00:00Z

A good deal of the Republican electorate, who had traditionally championed civil rights and civil liberties, also refused to support him. Hillary’s atrocious race record: Her stances over decades have been painful and wrong 2016-04-03T04:00:00Z

The show will be directed by Eric Schaffer, the Signature’s artistic director and one of the country’s great champions of the American musical, both new and old. 10 Reasons for Theater Lovers to Leave New York in 2014 2014-01-08T17:28:02Z

She also championed black exemplars whom her husband, Frederick, had exhaustively researched in biographies for young people of all races. Patricia McKissack, Prolific Author Who Championed Black Heroes, Dies at 72 2017-04-12T04:00:00Z

So he asks his devoted friend Megacle, a former champion, to compete under his name, win Aristea and pass her on. Music Review: Garsington Opera’s ‘Olympiade’ by Vivaldi, in England 2012-06-24T22:11:06Z

The popular narrative around his legacy does not include championing up-and-coming Black editors and designers in the same way as, say, the British Vogue editor in chief Edward Enninful or the late designer Virgil Abloh. André Leon Talley: Mentor in Chief 2022-01-21T05:00:00Z

The nonstop momentum almost certainly helps the returning champion. I won big on "Jeopardy!" So why does it still haunt me? 2022-10-15T04:00:00Z

One longtime champion of the new frankness is Eve Ensler, who will speak at Benaroya Hall in a Saturday night event benefiting Planned Parenthood. Q & A: Author, activist Eve Ensler, in Seattle May 18 2013-05-16T02:09:12Z

In his fiction and his journalism, Cooper resisted autocracy and championed democratic values. James Fenimore Cooper — not just your grandpa’s favorite author 2017-04-27T04:00:00Z

During his career, he made many wildly popular and influential films, and left an indelible mark on the industry he championed. Douglas Fairbanks: extraordinary life of Hollywood founding father 2015-11-02T05:00:00Z

The musicologist and conductor Leon Botstein has made a career out of championing works that have been overlooked or neglected. Music Review: Strauss’s ‘Feuersnot’ via Leon Botstein at Carnegie Hall 2013-12-18T22:30:36Z

The champions on Billboard magazine’s two most important music charts remain unchanged this week, with Bad Bunny holding the No. 1 album position and Steve Lacy the No. 1 single. Bad Bunny and Steve Lacy Spend Another Week Atop the Charts 2022-10-11T04:00:00Z

The defending champion gets to play host to the following year’s contest, which draws thousands of visitors. Music: Eurovision Song Contest Is a Sequined, Campy Balm 2011-05-12T14:59:28Z

Tyson, who at the age of 20 became the youngest world heavyweight champion, served three years in prison before restarting his boxing career in 1995. Former boxing champ Mike Tyson to take one-man show on the road 2012-11-28T19:13:09Z

Charlie, a one-time high school diving champion who’s been emotionally sidelined by her father’s death, is the most appealing, maybe the only appealing, main human character this franchise has yet offered. ‘Bumblebee’ Review: Finally, a ‘Transformers’ Movie That’s Actually Good 2018-12-18T05:00:00Z

Thomas Jefferson was among the first Americans to champion olive oil. Books of The Times: ?Extra Virginity? by Tom Mueller; a Word on Olive Oil - Review 2011-12-07T21:50:14Z

Mr. Slatkin, the music director of the Detroit Symphony Orchestra and a champion of American music, had conducted Mr. Corigliano’s opera in Chicago. Music Review: In Revival of Verdi, a New Note of Drama 2010-03-30T21:48:00Z

It may also have sharpened the prominence of a partisan alternative press, such as Breitbart.com, that regularly champions him. Mainstream media puts out the call for pro-Trump columnists 2016-12-09T05:00:00Z

Washington was in the nation's capital along with Olympic champion Michael Phelps and R&B singer Ashanti for an event sponsored by the Boys and Girls Club of America. Denzel Washington: Eastwood still 'my hero' 2012-09-21T18:56:08Z

The artist Robert Rauschenberg, a central figure in the fight for the statute’s implementation in the 1970s, often referenced his own experiences to champion the law. California Tried to Give Artists a Cut. But the Judges Said No. 2018-07-11T04:00:00Z

The 19th-century British designer and social activist is best known for his contributions to the Arts and Crafts movement, which championed artisan production during the ascendance of industry. It Was a Dark and Stormy Style 2019-10-01T04:00:00Z

That this new leadership triumvirate is entirely Black represents a first for Victory Gardens, a theater that has championed diversity while sometimes struggling to live up to those ideals. Taking Over Victory Gardens to Make a ‘Theater for All’ 2021-04-18T04:00:00Z

During the early years of Hitler’s rise, Zweig was at the height of his career, and a renowned champion of causes that sought to promote solidarity among European nations. When It’s Too Late to Stop Fascism, According to Stefan Zweig 2017-02-06T05:00:00Z

Carroll, a former Le Mans champion who gave up competitive driving for health reasons, knows Ken, who runs a struggling repair shop in Los Angeles, from the American racing circuit. ‘Ford v Ferrari’ Review: It’s a Gas 2019-11-14T05:00:00Z

In a statement, Pat Alger, chairman of the Hall of Fame, praised Mr. Henley for championing the rights of songwriters and noted that he often went to Washington to lobby for their cause. Larry Henley, a Writer of ‘Wind Beneath My Wings,’ Dies at 77 2014-12-19T05:00:00Z

La Russa, the reigning World Series champion manager, would like it if his 12-year-old Chihuahua Twiggy would jump into his lap every time he sat down. Celebrities share New Year's resolutions for pets 2011-12-27T05:55:24Z

Puma said in a statement that the multi-year deal would involve Rihanna becoming the face of the Women’s Training category, joining celebrities like Olympic champion sprinter Usain Bolt as brand ambassador. Puma names Rihanna as women’s creative director 2014-12-16T05:00:00Z

It is widely assumed that Boulanger consciously renounced composition after her sister died in order to champion Lili’s music and focus on teaching. She Was Music’s Greatest Teacher. And Much More. 2021-07-30T04:00:00Z

The project is also a tribute to family, and how we all need someone to champion our desire for risk-taking. The Sex Pistols of cinema: Director Nicolas Winding Refn on movie violence, anxiety and his artistic gamble after “Drive” 2015-02-27T05:00:00Z

Aden said she is content being a champion for diversity in the modeling industry, but in the future she hopes to return to Kakuma to work with refugee children. From refugee camp to runway, hijab-wearing model breaks barriers 2017-09-11T04:00:00Z

It's a great project and a testament to the chef's continued efforts to champion worthy causes. Six to watch: TV teachers 2011-03-02T12:29:00Z

She is deeply unimpressed with their good-natured attempts to woo customers, and she holds special contempt for the store’s latest acquisition, a champion celebrity show dog brought in to drum up business. Grumpy Cat’s Lifetime holiday movie: Claws out for Claus

"Let's put it in the Olympic Park alongside the Bradley Wiggins Bell" - rung by the British cycling champion to mark the opening of the games. Danny Boyle opposes plan to sell Moore sculpture 2012-11-05T15:46:04Z

But her newly-minted status as a champion and her unguarded outspokenness about her faith are going to give her a new platform from which to preach. Did God help Gabrielle Douglas win? 2012-08-03T15:45:00Z

He also published books of poetry and photography and championed progressive causes, including civil rights and Cesar Chavez’s efforts on behalf of immigrant farm workers. Leonard Nimoy, a pop culture force as Spock of ‘Star Trek,’ dies at 83 2015-02-27T05:00:00Z

“It’s been really important to us to find and champion female filmmakers.” McQueen heist movie 'Widows' kicks off London Film Festival 2018-10-10T04:00:00Z

He ardently championed the social and political theatre then emerging from London's Royal Court and Theatre Royal Stratford East. Young Arts Critics 2010: critical conditions 2010-05-24T20:30:00Z

In the interest of championing the beauty of riesling, here are 10 moderately priced bottles of dry riesling, roughly $20 to $45, from around the world. 10 Reasons You Should Give Riesling Another Look 2020-06-18T04:00:00Z

That’s just what happened in the public voting for last year’s champion of Beer Madness, our annual bracketed taste-off in search of the nation’s best craft brew. Beer Madness 2016: It’s city vs. city in a craft-brewed battle of rivalries 2016-03-14T04:00:00Z

Then came a backlash, with Lumley and her fellow champions accused of encouraging retired Gurkhas to live in penury in the UK. Observer Ethical Awards 2013: Joanna Lumley – National Campaigner of the Year 2013-06-15T23:07:16Z

The world champion poker player Barry Shulman, who has been on 70 cruises, said that people loved when you went beyond the call of duty, entertaining the women, personally helping someone get to a hospital. The Cruise Issue: Q&A: 25 Years on the Sea and Counting 2011-02-11T19:55:00Z

She does all of this, plus is a champion of romance novels and board games, and she still found time to write a book. Felicia Day lets the world know that 'You're Never Weird on the Internet (Almost)' 2015-08-10T04:00:00Z

This is a refined realism of the sort Flaubert himself championed, storytelling that accrues detail by lean detail. A Portrait of a Stalwart Life, and of America Itself 2021-02-09T05:00:00Z

You’re hypnotized, in a way, and the person onstage is your champion, is telling your story. Linda Ronstadt Has Found Another Voice 2019-09-01T04:00:00Z

As a critic, I’m used to championing greater options for artists. Forget Too Much TV. It’s Too Big TV We Should Worry About 2016-04-25T04:00:00Z

In the nineteen-sixties, after Woody Guthrie got sick, Bob Dylan seemed primed to become the next working-class champion, the one shoved forward to represent the rest of us. Springsteen’s Most Anxious Album 2015-11-03T05:00:00Z

If Biles had retired after Rio, the stories leading up to the Tokyo Olympics no doubt would have been championing Lee's name and her impressive list of skills. Suni Lee's signature move is her ability to perform under pressure 2021-07-31T04:00:00Z

Having championed their entry a couple of years ago, the tiny micro state with a population of 30,000 has embraced him and he has been commentating for them during the semi-finals. Eurovision 2013: Reporter's log 2013-05-16T16:55:24Z

This association, which sponsored a show every year, championed the work of Belgian and French Neoimpressionists. Neoimpressionism exhibit makes points about poetry, music's influence 2014-10-04T04:00:00Z

“Robert Cohn was once middleweight boxing champion of Princeton,” one actor said. 3 Classic Novels. 22 Minutes. Why Not? 2011-05-23T22:34:30Z

I was 13 when I fell in love with an 18-year-old, the Ohio Men’s racquetball champion. The safety of my unrequited loves 2019-02-09T05:00:00Z

The giant replied, “I’m Mike Tyson, the heavyweight champion of the world.” Literary Lions, by Their Cubs 2011-08-10T21:14:41Z

The dispute stems from France's fiercely protective stance on musicians' rights – a cause championed by the president's wife, model turned folk singer Carla Bruni. The sound of salons: France's hairdressers turn off radio in tax protest 2010-12-07T13:46:00Z

“But — and this is a shameless plug — I am a two-time Super Bowl champion, so I’m up here,” he added, to laughter. Scene City: Justin Tuck Honored for Charity Work – Scene City 2012-09-19T23:20:26Z

It’s an approach that might well have warmed the heart of that prescient champion of multiculturalism in the arts — and son of Russian immigrants — Joseph Papp. Reinventing Shakespeare, According to the Gospel of Joseph Papp 2017-09-07T04:00:00Z

“Mrs. Vogel entered the camp in full physical and mental health, she was a known champion in many fields of sport,” Nash wrote. The Jewish Trumpeter Who Entertained Nazis to Survive the Holocaust 2019-04-22T04:00:00Z

The French philosophers Jean-Paul Sartre and Simone de Beauvoir both championed the book, as did the Black American writer Richard Wright, who had moved to Paris in 1946. George Lamming, Who Chronicled the End of Colonialism, Dies at 94 2022-06-17T04:00:00Z

Liu is not the only former Chinese Olympic champion eyeing an entertainment career. Olympic gold medalist switches to show business 2011-05-09T10:42:08Z

Left-wing populism is dyadic—it champions the masses against plutocratic elites or, as with Scottish nationalism, a foreign elite. A perfectly timed book on populism 2016-12-01T05:00:00Z

“Your grand champion this evening, who will be performing on the Grandstand Stage this evening? Get your hands together for — Tyson!” Karaoke Singers Live the Dream at the Illinois State Fair 2022-08-24T04:00:00Z

Even with Lee's strong showing, she believes Crystal Bowersox is still the one to be crowned champion in two weeks. Bowersox and DeWyze, Do That To Me One More Time! 2010-05-12T14:31:00Z

One album, in December, was based entirely on the only three-way tie in the history of the quiz show "Jeopardy!" - which was made possible by the sportsmanship showed by the returning champion. L.A. band tries to cash in with free monthly album 2010-03-22T15:46:00Z

After touching on relative unknowns, like Hieronymus and Jacob Praetorius, he finished with a magnificent set of works by Dietrich Buxtehude, whose work he has long championed. Review: Boston Early Music Festival Makes Monteverdi Its Main Attraction 2015-06-12T04:00:00Z

The title may only be familiar because of T. S. Eliot, but this low-budget, black-and-white debut feature, directed by David Secter, has its champions, who cite it as a landmark of Canadian low-budget cinema. 5 Film Series to Catch in N.Y.C. This Weekend 2019-02-21T05:00:00Z

Bare Plus champions the idea that size 8 or 10 is average. Plus-size models get "Bare" at NY's Fashion Week 2012-02-12T18:23:26Z

In their memorandum to the court, Mr. Nahmad’s lawyers wrote that their client was a child when he learned how to gamble from his father, a former world champion backgammon player. Art Dealer Seeks to Avoid Prison 2014-04-28T21:31:18Z

This was a rich period for Detroit dance music, in particular, and Huckaby was a tireless champion of local music. Remembering Mike Huckaby, a Towering Figure in Detroit House Music 2020-04-27T04:00:00Z

Tintin producer Kathleen Kennedy has been a longtime champion of the book, and according to Deadline gave the novel to Cornish and signed him to direct. Joe Cornish to direct adaptation of sci-fi novel Snow Crash 2012-06-15T11:05:17Z

He even fights Chuck Norris, the real-life karate champion turned action hero turned internet meme. How Bruce Lee Exploded a Stereotype With a One-Inch Punch 2017-01-25T05:00:00Z

On that Instagram account, Ms. Smith has chronicled her metamorphosis from creative director of a corporate brand and wife to unbound, freehanded designer and champion of personal freedom, love and L.G.B.T.Q. rights. How the Designer of Milly Broke Free 2020-10-24T04:00:00Z

Cheney said he makes “no apologies” for controversial policies – maintaining secret prisons, wiretapping and the use of waterboarding as an interrogation tool – that he championed after the Sept. Cheney: I offered to resign three times 2011-08-30T12:10:00Z

He is as passionate a sailor as he is a surgeon, and pioneering champion of the Ilizarov method of bone-healing that was for a long time considered barbaric in the west. How Comrade Ilizarov saved my leg 2015-12-13T05:00:00Z

Anna Wintour, however, the powerful editor of American Vogue, had never stopped championing his talent, and he had been going through a long rehabilitation and education program. Keeping the Oscar de la Renta Name Alive 2015-02-13T05:00:00Z

Clothes can’t make a champion, but they can make sure your dog catches the judge’s eye. Rule No. 1: Don’t Outshine the Dog 2015-02-27T05:00:00Z

Sandberg, who shared her own perspective on women in the workplace in her book Lean In last year, championed Beyonce as "The Boss". Beyonce leads 100 influential people 2014-04-25T09:58:59Z

The real problem, many scholars who champion romance argue, is that romance remains a genre mostly written and read by women. For Television and Romance Novels, Love at Last? 2020-12-28T05:00:00Z

During the five-and-a-half-hour concert, myriad acts took to the stage to honor and support Mandela, and to champion the end of apartheid. Highlights From Nelson Mandela’s 1990 Appearance at London Wembley’s Charity Concert 2013-12-06T12:42:46Z

The French festival refuses to screen Netflix films due to regulations designed to ensure it champions cinema releases. Martin Scorsese's The Irishman to premiere at New York film festival 2019-07-29T04:00:00Z

He continued to champion workers on the front lines by saying: “They’re all being so brave. Every day they’re putting themselves in danger of this unseen enemy that we’ve got at the moment.” 99-year-old veteran raises $33 million for Britain’s health-care system by walking his garden 2020-04-17T04:00:00Z

The other is Gigi Saul Guerrero’s “Bingo Hell”; and while the two are vastly different, they nevertheless share a sociopolitical sensibility that champions the downtrodden and makes heroes of the marginalized. ‘Black as Night’ and ‘Bingo Hell’ Review: Marginalized Heroes 2021-09-30T04:00:00Z

And I understood why people championed him and idolised him. Devendra Banhart: 'I love almost every Britpop band' 2013-03-21T22:37:54Z

“From the start, it championed an outcast art and stood boldly, unfashionably, by it,” Mr. Cotter wrote. Activist Museum Director Named New York Cultural Affairs Commissioner 2020-03-11T04:00:00Z

Theroux's delicate approach, coupled with the fact that he is clearly on the side of the kids, is something to be championed. Doctor Who 2010-04-17T05:45:00Z

What might look like strange timing on the part of David Conn's publishers – a book about last year's champions, brought out now – is really a reflection of the 365-days-a-year modern game. Richer Than God: Manchester City, Modern Football and Growing Up by David Conn - review 2012-06-28T07:00:02Z

Never outlandish or garish, the “Jeopardy!” that Trebek hosted for 36 years championed intelligence with a rare and relatively quiet hush, especially if you compare it with the rest of television’s constant blare. Perspective | In the dumbest and darkest of times, Alex Trebek maintained a safe space for intelligence 2020-11-08T05:00:00Z

“Let us walk with these warriors, charge on with these champions, and carry forth the call of our captains,” said Gorman. Amanda Gorman, on another stage, brings poetry to Super Bowl 2021-02-07T05:00:00Z

“I don’t think many consumers understand that there are these differences in certification standards,” said Temple Grandin, the animal scientist and noted champion of animal welfare. What to Make of Those Animal-Welfare Labels on Meat and Eggs 2017-01-31T05:00:00Z

While speaking at a TED conference, she met Dale J. Stephens, the founder of a group called UnCollege that champions “more meaningful” alternatives to college. Saying No to College 2012-11-30T22:03:33Z

Although President Wilson screened the film in the White House, he was not one of its “most prominent champions.” Readers react to Yusuf Islam's latest concert and the lack of Johnny Depp in new 'Pirates' trailer 2016-10-15T04:00:00Z

By the end of the 1980 season, the Raiders were two-time Super Bowl champions and one of the NFL's most popular teams. Raiders owner Al Davis dies at 82 2011-10-08T16:27:00Z

More perceptive people will remember an irrepressibly valiant champion of freedom and justice who put his great intelligence and radiant wit to their best use – the emancipation of others. The Michael Foot I knew, by Neil Kinnock 2010-12-12T00:06:00Z

David is my best friend, my fiancé and my champion. Modern Love: Modern Love: A Spanking Fetish Is Not Revealed Easily 2012-11-09T17:47:12Z

Longtime customers praise him for championing small producers and natural and biodynamic wines years before they were fashionable. L’Express, the Beloved Montreal Bistro Where So Much Began 2019-12-23T05:00:00Z

He has twice been national champion, and has competed in numerous Grand Tour races with Team Sky and his current team, BMC. Sporting children of champions: 'I've always had a need for speed' 2017-04-15T04:00:00Z

I have just received a letter from Jimmy Britt, lightweight champion of the world, in which he tells me that he particularly enjoyed “The Game” on “account of its trueness to life.” Peeved, Irritated and Annoyed: Early Letters to the Editor 2021-10-21T04:00:00Z

So when Ali, then called Cassius Clay, shocked everyone in February 1964 by upsetting Sonny Liston to become the youngest heavyweight champion ever, he was world-famous. Muhammad Ali remembered for boxing, following his principles 2016-06-08T04:00:00Z

In past shows, Rihanna has taken the initiative to become a champion of inclusion with her fashion line. Rihanna takes time with album while unveiling lingerie line 2021-09-22T04:00:00Z

Henry R. Muñoz III, the former chairman of the Smithsonian Latino Center who has long championed the creation of a Latino museum, said the vote represents a step forward for the nation. Congress Approves New Museums Honoring Women and Latinos 2020-12-21T05:00:00Z

The voice speaks to us now, about our poverty, wealth, political championing of the national good, and our penchant to make welfare decisions in light of budgetary considerations. The joy of literary destruction: Writers who broke all the rules 2014-01-19T15:00:00Z

A longtime practitioner of blood sport media politics, Ailes has emerged as its undisputed heavyweight champion. How Fox News created a new culture of idiots 2012-10-28T12:00:00Z

At least Charlotte, a former champion of tiaras who now prefers leggings and athletic gear, has; Stella, who now wears short hair and boxer briefs from the boy’s department, never had one. Where Have All the Tomboys Gone? 2015-10-13T04:00:00Z

She seemed to be a perfect champion for a beleaguered record industry: a pure, no-frills singer able to fuse heartbreak and melody and sell millions of records without outlandish costumes or titillating lyrics. Major Grammy Honors for Adele and Foo Fighters 2012-02-13T05:27:04Z

The Human Rights Campaign, where Stabler serves on the Board of Directors, announced the news Wednesday, offering congratulations and quoting Working Mother’s editorial director Jennifer Owens, who calls her “a true champion.” A transgender mom becomes Working Mother of the Year 2014-10-15T04:00:00Z

Gretzky played on four Stanley Cup champion teams. Perspective | Can Ovechkin beat Gretzky’s career goals record? It’s a great question. 2019-01-16T05:00:00Z

He cheered for this year’s champion, Zaila Avant-garde — the first African American winner in the bee’s history — and said the recent dominance of South Asian spellers should also be celebrated. LeVar Burton joins Scripps National Spelling Bee as host 2021-12-16T05:00:00Z

The biopic “American Underdog” centers on the quarterback Kurt Warner, a football player from Iowa who had an unconventional rise to becoming a National Football League champion. ‘American Underdog’ Review: A Football Fairy Tale 2021-12-23T05:00:00Z

But none made a bigger imprint here than Snap, which championed an independent narrative by persistently fighting off acquisition attempts. Snapchat’s Disappearing Act Leaves Venice Beach Searching for Its Future 2019-08-23T04:00:00Z

He has championed works by contemporary Chinese composers, and his musical travels have taken him to Syria and Iran. A Border-Crossing Work Wins One of Music’s Biggest Prizes 2018-12-03T05:00:00Z

Becket saw himself as a champion of the cause of Christ and the liberties of the church. Thomas Becket, Warrior, Priest, Rebel, Victim by John Guy - review 2012-05-18T21:55:07Z

That much may be true, wrote the acclaimed writer Ta-Nehisi Coates in the Atlantic on Monday – but that freedom of thought champions a certain kind of freedom, Coates wrote: a “white freedom.” Kanye West rebuked by Ta-Nehisi Coates in biting essay called ‘I’m Not Black, I’m Kanye’ 2018-05-08T04:00:00Z

Richard and Judy made celebrities into champions for books in a way that had never happened before: it was an idea that captured people's imagination. TV book clubs 2010-07-24T23:01:00Z

Ms. Strayed’s book, while unsentimental at its core, is the kind of story of resilience and self-invention that Ms. Winfrey has championed. Media Decoder Blog: The Return of Oprah's Book Club 2012-06-01T22:03:03Z

Unless he was describing a champion tree, he barely uttered a word. Among the Majestic Trees in Congaree, Slipping Into Silence 2018-07-16T04:00:00Z

That, at least, is the opinion of Austrian flutist Elisabeth Möst, a champion of contemporary music who also loves older repertoire. A musical bridge between past and present 2015-07-30T04:00:00Z

Collins will be back for the show's tournament of champions next season. Julia Collins out of Jeopardy! after a record 21 games 2014-06-02T04:00:00Z

He says serious study of the subject will reinforce Roberts' reputation as a master and champion of the craft. Writer Nora Roberts gives $100K to Md. college 2011-05-31T19:48:08Z

Modernist architects of the day championed a very different vision of home. Interior dark: two shows reveal visions of the unhomely 2010-06-16T10:07:00Z

He loved classical music crowd-pleasers like Mahler, Wagner and Mozart — and championed a production with the Deaf West Theater Company of Beethoven’s “Fidelio”— but he also pushed his audiences to consider work of lesser-known composers. In L.A., Dudamel’s Influence Extends Beyond the Concert Hall 2023-02-08T05:00:00Z

It sets them up with champion sound and, generally, a room that suits them. Critic?s Notebook: All Tomorrow?s Parties Festival at Asbury Park, N.J. 2011-10-03T22:40:06Z

Baldessari was a brilliant Californian who saw the absurdity in almost everything, including the conceptual strategies he championed. John Baldessari: An Artist in a Class by Himself 2020-01-07T05:00:00Z

I’m going to say that today, all other HuffPo headlines must bow down for a new trolling champion. HuffPo’s worst headline ever? 2014-04-22T19:26:00Z

That strategy, championed by top Viacom executives and Paramount Chairman and Chief Executive Brad Grey, has bolstered margins. For storied Paramount Pictures, more valleys than peaks of late 2015-03-21T04:00:00Z

Over the years, Ford’s embrace gradually widened, although she never championed an emaciated figure. Eileen Ford and Ford Models helped define what American beauty looked like

Although he hasn't been at the absolute top of his game in the runup to the tournament, the 16-time champion remains world No 1. TV highlights 23/07/2013 2013-07-23T06:00:19Z

Is chess “life in miniature,” as the former world champion Garry Kasparov once said? It’s Just a Game. Or Is It? 2022-01-25T05:00:00Z

“But at least we are the champions in protectionism.” The stomach prevails: France wins at World Cup on Russian cheese 2018-06-26T04:00:00Z

Though Bernstein was also an influential champion of Sibelius, other conductors took up that cause. Music Review: New York Philharmonic Plays Carl Nielsen Symphony 2012-06-15T21:52:06Z

He was in the ensemble of the smash hit musical “King Kong,” South Africa’s first jazz opera, composed by the musician and writer Todd Matshikiza and based on the life of a boxing champion. Jonas Gwangwa, Trombonist and Anti-Apartheid Activist, Dies at 83 2021-01-28T05:00:00Z

Obviously the movie is called Rocky, so Balboa would become the champion for the most part. "Creed III" hits hardest outside of the ring 2023-03-10T05:00:00Z

For example: “It took this experience to help me see clearly, to understand that the bulk of the popular parenting advice champions an approach to living that completely complies with achieving bogus standards of success.” Waiting to love my child 2013-05-07T23:45:00Z

In a city where the heavy traditional cuisine of cotoletta and saffron risotto doesn’t inspire the rhapsodies of other Italian regional cooking, this is how seafood becomes the surprising champion of an inland food scene. In Landlocked Milan, Try the Fish 2017-09-21T04:00:00Z

In other words, what if – instead of fighting for good – the smartest, toughest, richest man was a champion of evil? ArtsBeat: Graphic Books Best Sellers: The Face of True Evil 2011-03-04T17:45:37Z

Jazz artist Melody Gardot champions the "modernisation of music" Menard is aware that some "jazz heads" refuse to attend the festival, seeing it as "too contaminated" by mainstream artists. Jazz moves to stay 'relevant' 2012-07-03T07:44:48Z

We eventually found a new church that champions this belief and embraces all people. When Eve and Eve Bit the Apple 2016-11-18T05:00:00Z

There were the legendary athletic feats: Ali — then known as Cassius Clay, his “slave name,” he later called it — upset the heavily favored champion, Sonny Liston, for his first professional boxing title in 1964. Muhammad Ali: A superstar before the word meant anything 2016-06-04T04:00:00Z

An underfunded candidate with almost no name recognition, Brat was essentially ignored even by the tea party groups he championed. Dave Brat was mostly ignored by political reporters

On Sunday at Carnegie Hall, she is joined by her acclaimed Vocal Ensemble — which champions her distinctive technique — and a host of musicians from the classical, jazz and D.J. worlds. A 50-Year Party, A Legend Revised 2015-03-21T04:00:00Z

The Hollywood trade press has also got in on the act of championing "Shrek"'s legacy. "Shrek" at 20: celebrating the film’s unique brand of animated anarchy and sardonic irreverence 2021-05-01T04:00:00Z

Its independent bookstore champions local ecologist and novelist Wendell Berry; the coffee shop next door fosters artists and musicians as well as green community projects. Spirited away: on the bourbon trail in Kentucky 2018-01-07T05:00:00Z

This is not a book about tennis, but about a little girl with a big dream: to become a tennis champion. Tell Us 5 Things About Your Book: Maria Sharapova on ‘Unstoppable’ 2017-09-24T04:00:00Z

"Sunday Night Football" championed TV ratings, according to early numbers from Nielsen. TV ratings: 'Sunday Night Football' helps NBC win the night 2014-10-06T04:00:00Z

Instead of Gagosian, the blue-chip gallery empire that might have been Wood’s champion, her new show of unsettling figurative paintings, “Time Sensitive,” opened Friday at Michael Werner, the more traditional Upper East Side gallery. Issy Wood Met Power Players in Art and Music. She Went Her Own Way. 2022-09-09T04:00:00Z

Gilman, who died in 2006, was a champion of avant-garde theater, known to the world as a fearsome critic — John Leonard, of The Times, once described his writing as “confrontation criticism.” Literary Fathers, Literary Daughters, and the Books That Bind Them 2023-02-05T05:00:00Z

Rinaldi is championing the continued pursuit of a hobby that we may improve at over time but will never truly shine at. Review | It’s okay to be mediocre. In fact, it may even be beneficial. 2019-05-07T04:00:00Z

Champion of the working class and the down and out, to the extent that any misanthrope can champion a cause other than his own. Review: ‘On Writing,’ a Charles Bukowski Collection of Rants and Musings in Letters 2015-08-09T04:00:00Z

None of this year’s eight champions was a wild card. National Spelling Bee will have fewer wild cards next year 2019-12-10T05:00:00Z

After remarking that his “emotional” style ”strikes a chord with people,” she implored him to champion the free press by pardoning Mr. Assange. Pamela Anderson’s Garden of Eden 2020-05-28T04:00:00Z

In the 1930s, Salvador Dalí, who had dressed as a dandy even before his fame as an artist, was shunned by the core Surrealists for declining to champion the group’s leftist politics. Rachel Feinstein and John Currin, Their Own Best Creations 2011-03-11T21:40:24Z

Though DiCaprio starred in an all-time box-office champion as a young man, it took him another few years to find his calling—as the energetic core of Martin Scorsese’s latter-day movies. The Front Row: “The Wolf of Wall Street” 2016-02-17T05:00:00Z

Not only was apartheid in operation, Fugard had to work to enlist the help of the people he was seeking to champion. Playwright Athol Fugard: a man of obstinacy and courage 2012-06-03T17:45:01Z

The Tampa Bay Lightning, the two-time defending champions, will continue facing off against the Colorado Avalanche in Game 3 of the finals. What’s on TV This Week: The Stanley Cup Finals and ‘Chernobyl: The Lost Tapes’ 2022-06-20T04:00:00Z

He is the son of 1976 Formula One world champion James Hunt. Sporting children of champions: 'I've always had a need for speed' 2017-04-15T04:00:00Z

Regarding the coloratura contortions of the florid baroque and bel canto repertory she champions, Ms. DiDonato said she learned from performing Handel that “if you don’t infuse meaning into it, it can be superfluous.” Joyce DiDonato Takes On ‘Maria Stuarda’ at the Met 2012-12-30T05:03:03Z

To battle Trump’s attacks, Postal Service champions are producing art in its honor. Trump, beware: Americans have a deep, enduring love for the Postal Service 2020-08-27T04:00:00Z

Twenty-four national teams, including such powerhouses as Germany, Belgium and Spain, are battling over the next few weeks in a tournament that will crown a champion July 10. U.S. hosts some of world’s best soccer action in Copa America 2016-06-15T04:00:00Z

In his first theater role, he starred in a 1967 production of “The Great White Hope,” starring as a fictionalized version of Jack Johnson, the early 20th century’s first Black heavyweight boxing champion. Movie icon Richard Roundtree of "Shaft" dies at 81 due to cancer 2023-10-25T04:00:00Z

My full-time focus is on making the Chicago Cubs a World Series champion preserving Wrigley Field and making the Chicago Cubs a great corporate citizen.” Ricketts family moves to control ad fallout 2012-05-17T19:23:00Z

The accumulated fan support, financial backing and legal muscle that have rallied around Mr. Echols suggest that his champions will continue to fight on his behalf. Books of The Times: “Life After Death,” by Damien Echols 2012-09-19T21:18:19Z

For Connolly, the highlight of the programme was the chance to meet her hero, Jackie Toaduff, the last of the champion clog dancers. Clog dancing's big street revival 2010-12-02T22:59:00Z

An attorney who champions the rights of Native American women on reservations. Meet MacArthur's new 'genius grant' winners 2014-09-17T04:00:00Z

“I wanted to be PBR world champion and thought that’s what I was destined for, but it turns out maybe it was something bigger,” he said. The cowboy code: Bonner Bolton on being the model all-American man 2017-01-29T05:00:00Z

Quotes from around the world after the death of three-time heavyweight champion Muhammad Ali: “A champion of civil rights”: Reaction to the death of Muhammad Ali 2016-06-04T04:00:00Z

As important as it was to be honest about what wasn’t working, I loved championing what was. The bleak future of food criticism: Yelp reviews, puff pieces and no accountability for restaurants 2016-09-24T04:00:00Z

Wouldn’t you rather be remembered as the first lady who championed a winner? Front Row: Michelle Obama’s Public Endorsement of Jason Wu 2013-01-22T23:47:40Z

And losing a champion of that line of thought may indeed endanger a future of all public access to the arts for Chicago. City's culture guru leaving amid rift with Daley 2011-01-19T23:59:00Z

I’ll even accept that it was news that Trump disinvited the champion Philadelphia Eagles from a celebration that they did not want. Why cable news networks could use a reality check 2018-06-10T04:00:00Z

You’re the first African-American gymnast to win gold in a women’s gymnastics all-around event and the first black female in Olympic history to become the individual all-around champion. No one cries for Lolo Jones 2012-08-08T11:03:00Z

Other documentary series about champions, including Netflix's latest on Naomi Osaka and ESPN's "The Last Dance," are carefully polished stories of overcoming. What "Ted Lasso" could help us to understand about athletes protecting their mental health 2021-07-30T04:00:00Z

Albert, the son of late American film star Grace Kelly, ended decades of bachelorhood last year when he married South African Olympic swimming champion Charlene Wittstock. Son of Monaco's Princess Caroline getting married 2012-07-04T11:46:03Z

Not by his championing of her, which he once did, but by his mistakes: secret dealings with the oil industry, appointing his daughter to fill his U.S. 'Crude Awakening': An inside view of Alaska 2011-11-02T21:10:04Z

She is the champion of old-fashioned ideas, yet she is only 28 years old. This Life: Maria Popova Has Some Big Ideas 2012-11-30T21:35:52Z

Embodying that former champion, Mr. Wilson recounts the boxer’s teenage years, his womanizing, his marriages, his major bouts, his retirement and his eventual comeback. Review: Sugar Ray Robinson’s Bouts and Biography, With a Bite Thrown In 2016-03-17T04:00:00Z

She even had to give a speech in front of a screen declaring the Astros the world champions. Jill Biden’s last, relentless push to boost vulnerable Democrats 2022-11-07T05:00:00Z

Spassky, the world champion, and Fischer, the challenger, find themselves in a Cold War proxy battle when they agree to the "Match of the Century" to be played in Iceland. 'Pawn Sacrifice' film captures chess drama of Fischer-Spassky face-off 2014-09-12T04:00:00Z

The Associated Press reported yesterday evening that former heavyweight champion Mike Tyson is Broadway-bound. Mike Tyson Bringing His Truth to Broadway 2012-06-19T16:15:49Z

Anne Saxelby, a pioneer in championing fine American cheeses at a time when cheese lovers largely looked to Europe for such artisanal products, died on Saturday at her home in Brooklyn. Anne Saxelby, Who Championed Fine American Cheeses, Dies at 40 2021-10-11T04:00:00Z

Lincolnshire-based Adams, 58, was hoping to extend his record as the oldest world champion in the sport's history. Mitchell beats Adams to BDO title 2015-01-11T05:00:00Z

The strong backlash to "The Idol" showed that young people are championing the culture of responsible filmmaking in sex scenes. Gen Z doesn't want explicit shows. So who are all these sexy teen dramas for then? 2023-10-26T04:00:00Z

Since then, he’s been a champion of the German composer, recording the complete cycle of concertos and sonatas, and even the bagatelles along the way. Irish pianist John O’Conor continues to show he’s a master of Beethoven 2015-04-19T04:00:00Z

The book will be officially released next Tuesday with an event at the New York Public Library, whose director of public programs, Mr. Holdengräber, was one of its earliest champions. A Heckuva Book Pitch. That?s Putting It Mildly. 2011-06-07T21:50:25Z

For a brief, happy time, the girls snapped pictures and gave eager, giddy hugs to the young men and women they’d passionately championed week after week all season long. American Idol: Riveting despite itself 2012-05-24T11:51:00Z

She champions a “scandalous feminism,” an embrace of all the shameful, derided aspects of our nature, a refusal to fear or shun our own thoughts. A New Book Thinks Clearly and Creatively About Violence Against Women 2021-05-12T04:00:00Z

Before she knew it, she was the unofficial mother to a growing clique of future champions. Review | In HBO’s ‘Momentum Generation,’ the tide turns for the star surfers of the 1990s 2018-12-10T05:00:00Z

A release from the publisher happily cited Mr. Abrams’s film and television credits and mentioned that Mr. Dorst is a graduate of the Iowa Writers’ Workshop and a three-time “Jeopardy!” champion. ArtsBeat: J. J. Abrams Collaborating on Novel for Little, Brown 2011-04-06T19:12:39Z

Here, we first see Mack, a wrestler who made headlines when he became the state champion of women's wrestling in Texas because state rules only allowed him to wrestle for that category. In "Changing the Game," young trans athletes become "a beacon for their own community." 2021-06-18T04:00:00Z

Alice is a more obvious avatar for Rooney than Eileen, but it can feel as if the author, a former debate champion, is having Socratic conversations with herself through the correspondence between the two. Sally Rooney and Love in the Time of General Systems Collapse 2021-09-01T04:00:00Z

What if she became UFC champion and we had a transgender women’s champion? Since when is Ronda Rousey a role model? 2015-10-17T04:00:00Z

Ms. Notaro made headlines last fall for swinging hard at her most famous champion, Louis C.K., in an episode of her lauded Amazon series, “One Mississippi.” Tig Notaro Doesn’t Want to Hear About Disgraced Men Coming Back 2018-05-18T04:00:00Z

For Americana musicians, it means saying goodbye to one of the genre’s biggest champions. Tina Fey sheds her dress for Letterman goodbye — and shreds gender norms 2015-05-08T04:00:00Z

We start in the Soviet Union, the uncontested champion of artistic innovation after World War I — where Constructivist artists caught up in a revolution rebranded themselves as organizers, propagandists, fomenters of change. The Artists Who Redesigned a War-Shattered Europe 2020-12-17T05:00:00Z

This deal arose on June 12 when Louk Verhees, a reigning Bermuda Bowl world team champion from the Netherlands, and I played. Bridge: Awaiting Values Versus Sitting Back: A Precipitous Call 2013-06-30T21:53:41Z

“They’ve always been working class champions, a band that roots for the underdog,” Danton said. Southern band takes on Trump as impeachment vote nears 2020-01-31T05:00:00Z

Tom Brady of the Patriots is a four-time Super Bowl champion. Some Super Bowls have been stinkers. This won’t be one of them. 2017-02-01T05:00:00Z

Evidently it had no champions and this McVicar version, well received by many in the first-night audience despite a few boos for the production team, has replaced it. Aida; Elegy for Young Lovers; O Sonho 2010-05-01T23:07:00Z

I’m suspicious of the Koch brothers and others that on the right that champion rehabilitation, re-entry, repurposing justice dollars. MC5’s Wayne Kramer on why Trump is “very much so like Richard Nixon” 2018-08-22T04:00:00Z

Asian cinema features strongly in Cannes, which prides itself on promoting new talent and championing low-budget productions by obscure directors from around the world. "Robin Hood" opens Cannes, few U.S. movies in town 2010-05-12T01:40:00Z

From You and Yours he developed another consumers' champion, the investigative and aggressive Checkpoint, which later became Face the Facts. Alan Rogers obituary 2010-07-21T17:50:00Z

Even after her separation from Prince Charles, Diana actively campaigned for a ban on land mines, and visited Angola to champion that cause. Quiet birthday for Kate Middleton as she turns 30 2012-01-08T14:38:09Z

Indeed, he presents himself as a champion of the "legitimacy and necessity of intervention in the case of gross violations of human rights". Interventions: : A Life in War and Peace by Kofi Annan – review 2012-11-15T08:00:04Z

It’s moving to watch Allende exhort the elite audience of business movers and shakers to become champions for the poorest women in the world, and somehow she manages to make that message fun. TED: Even more elitist than we thought 2012-05-18T12:40:00Z

I'm a longstanding champion of Kawauchi's work, but something seemed to be missing here: the kind of consistency of vision that made her previous work so unique in its rendering of the impressionistic ordinary. Deutsche Börse photography prize 2012 – review 2012-07-14T23:06:08Z

Mr. Fall, a coach on the court and in life, is the real champion here. | 'Elevate': Anne Buford?s ?Elevate? ? Review 2011-10-21T01:07:52Z

Making the repertoire topical is difficult when signing contracts three or four years into the future, so Zambello champions timeless virtues. Why artists become activists: It’s not only the election 2017-06-29T04:00:00Z

I'm p----- as hell at the husband, especially since I championed his cause previously. Perspective | Carolyn Hax: Do I tell my friend that I suspect her husband is cheating again? 2021-01-21T05:00:00Z

Bookstores around the country are championing these titles in special Banned Books Week displays. Perspective | A hateful, conspiracy-filled book just got harder to buy. That’s no cause for celebration. 2019-09-23T04:00:00Z

Mr. Behari said that the estate had partnered with Inclusive Minds, an organization that champions diversity and accessibility in children’s literature. Roald Dahl’s Books Are Rewritten to Cut Potentially Offensive Language 2023-02-20T05:00:00Z

In writing “Far From the Tree,” I was trying to expand the national conversation about identity, to champion a more tolerant and accepting society. My Stories Become Someone Else’s: Adapting a Book to Film 2018-07-13T04:00:00Z

I worry that emphasising how original something is above all else, though it's an easy way of championing unconventional work, ends up in the end devaluing it. The shock of the new: why novelty is not the star of the show 2010-09-01T13:02:00Z

A mournful-looking moose in a wooded landscape—painted by George Stubbs in 1770, more famous for his portraits of champion horses—finds a home here, recalling the menagerie assembled by a duke. A Gorgeous New Book Chronicles the History of the English Garden 2015-06-23T04:00:00Z

He learned to hunt and became a champion of the widely despised kangaroo, proposing it as a king of Australasian beasts and hymning its remarkable adaptation to the harshest conditions. Tim Flannery: A life in books 2011-03-14T07:59:01Z

In pieces for The New York Review of Books and The Guardian, she's championed "difficult" writers such as Kafka, David Foster Wallace, and the experimental novelist Tom McCarthy. 2009-12-10T17:55:00Z

By high school, as the story goes, Landon made a conscious effort to be a bad student but became a champion javelin thrower. Furor after NJ hometown removes Landon plaque 2012-01-04T17:51:09Z

A 1989 article in Print magazine championing the four women's work was headlined “The Women Who Saved New York!” Carin Goldberg, Who Transformed Book and Album Cover Design, Dies at 69 2023-01-31T05:00:00Z

But with the recent champions "Breaking Bad" and "Mad Men" both ending, the stage is set for a drastically different drama series race next year. Emmys 2014: Little awards love for big 'Game of Thrones' 2014-08-26T04:00:00Z

But he’s a savior in a world that can be merciless to those without a champion. Dangerous Disappearing Acts, With Killers in Pursuit 2018-06-08T04:00:00Z

There are vivid details of her championing the cause of singer Marian Anderson. In New York’s picture-perfect Hudson Valley, the right balance of art, presidential history and food 2016-04-07T04:00:00Z

Some critics attribute the change to war pressures and the challenge of a younger generation of painters, particularly the cubism championed by Matisse's younger friend and rival, Pablo Picasso. Exhibit looks at enigmatic phase in Matisse's art 2010-03-19T10:29:00Z

Backed by actor and activist Robert Redford's Sundance Institute, the festival began in the 1980s to promote movies made outside Hollywood's mainstream studios, and this year's theme is renewing the independence it first championed. 2010-01-22T05:52:00Z

But when asked what he would do about it, what new or underappreciated composers he might champion, he could not come up with a single name. Is Yannick Nézet-Séguin Worth the Wait at the Met? 2016-06-02T04:00:00Z

Ginger Kathrens, executive director of the Colorado-based group, said she and other activists consider Crow a true champion of wild horses. Singer's donation to wild-horse group criticized 2011-07-11T00:11:11Z

As a champion of cooking in any shape or form, I love watching so many people excitedly get into the kitchen on Thanksgiving. How to Make Your Thanksgiving Dinner Less Boring 2021-11-15T05:00:00Z

You may find yourself championing its subjects even while feeling confounded by the omission of details by its filmmaker. Review: ‘500 Years’ Looks at a Guatemala Searching for Justice 2017-07-11T04:00:00Z

But, having brilliantly displayed the bulletproof egoism of the second-rate, Rylance cannot persuade us of Valere's transformation into a populist champion. Review 2010-07-08T01:12:00Z

In a nod to the museum's championing of ceramics, the courtyard is paved with 11,000 handmade porcelain tiles, arranged in 15 different patterns. London's V&A goes underground for new gallery 2017-06-27T04:00:00Z

I was an optimist, a great champion of the human spirit. Jude Law interview: 'I was an optimist. A champion of the human spirit' 2011-07-30T21:00:02Z

Going forward, though, there may be an emphasis on creating shows that have broader appeal than the type Reilly had championed, particularly with regards to comedy. Fox to get new leadership as part of corporate restructuring 2014-07-14T04:00:00Z

“I watch the replay a lot,” the two-time Masters champion said. Day gets another injury scare at British Open 2014-07-18T04:00:00Z

The fair’s website helpfully traces this word back to the Art Brut champion and author Roger Cardinal around 1972, acknowledging that it was most often applied to art by “psychotics, mediums and eccentrics.” Art Review: The Outsider Art Fair Features a Global Vision 2014-05-08T21:52:59Z

But defending champion Anand, stranded in Frankfurt since Saturday, says he's asked the World Chess Federation to postpone the match at least three days. Anand wants chess title match postponed 2010-04-19T16:19:00Z

The idea of a white man being taken in by foreigners, learning their ways and emerging as their champion “seemed new in 1973, but in 2017 it’s a storytelling trope that needs updating,” he said. ‘Iron Fist’ Actor, at Center of Whitewashing Debate, Asks Fans to Wait and See 2017-03-08T05:00:00Z

But those of us who championed its 2005 precursor, the artfully petrifying “Wolf Creek,” neither need nor want reminding. ‘Wolf Creek 2’ Features an Even Scarier Australian Outback 2014-05-15T04:00:00Z

Of course, none of those choices seem as much as a shoo-in as "Jeopardy!" champion of champions Ken Jennings. "Jeopardy!" is likely naming this man you never heard of as host – apparently the job was always his 2021-08-06T04:00:00Z

It anoints champions and diagnoses terminal illnesses in campaigns barely underway, campaigns that may or may not exist the next time the field gathers for a debate. Biden’s spin doctors, Beto’s flop, a sea of sweat: The madness after the Miami debates. 2019-06-28T04:00:00Z

For centuries, the Kelabit people lived isolated lives, best known to the outside world as champion headhunters. Personal Journeys : Back to Borneo, and an Eden at Risk 2014-02-21T19:03:43Z

Rich Froning, the three-time Games champion, often looks like a cyborg, churning out nearly impossible feats of strength with a steely lack of expression.  CrossFit mirrors American militarism 2013-09-08T00:00:00Z

Michael Lehmann’s Heathers is Clueless’s dark predecessor, a meaner film than Mean Girls, an indictment of bullying and mob mentality and a culture that champions mediocrity and the status quo. Boyhood, Moonlight and beyond: the best coming-of-age movies 2016-11-17T05:00:00Z

The mission statement of the Foundation acknowledges 20th-century Modern art movements as a basis of the contemporary art it champions. Two Shows for Frank Gehry, as His Vuitton Foundation Opens 2014-10-20T04:00:00Z

Mike Tyson, the retired boxing champion and father of Milan Tyson, a young tennis fanatic, had a different theory. Miley Cyrus, Lil Nas X and DJ Khaled Party After the V.M.A.s 2019-08-28T04:00:00Z

In a culture of acknowledging those who were previously overlooked, when artists and their earliest champions are finally getting their dues, there is a satisfaction in witnessing the record be corrected. The Japanese-American Sculptor Who, Despite Persecution, Made Her Mark 2020-07-20T04:00:00Z

While theorists such as Musgrave and his colleague Roger Cardinal have championed its pure creativity, untainted by posturing and careerist trends, others find such an endorsement simplistic and patronising. This week's new exhibitions 2010-06-25T23:06:00Z

Which is why it’s a bit creepy to see some of the birthday notices — he was born on this day in 1899 — championing one of his least pleasant habits: his voluminous drinking. Hemingway drank too much: Our strange, macho romance with Papa’s alcoholism 2016-07-21T04:00:00Z

I think what ends up happening is that you recycle the same stories of who’s big this year, who’s the new champion. “To break the shackles of gravity”: How women’s gymnastics captures our imagination every 4 years 2016-07-08T04:00:00Z

Or that King George IV had eight boxing champions as pages at his coronation? A once and future realm 2014-12-11T05:00:00Z

Like Rudolph, the center suffered abuse over the years but is now being championed by new fans that recognize his genius, and the latest plan as vandalism. Clock Ticks for Paul Rudolph’s Orange County Government Center 2015-03-03T05:00:00Z

The feminist philosophies my friend and I championed were tested daily, and even at the twilight of the Obama Administration before the promise of a female presidency imploded it didn’t feel like we were winning. Thirtysomething, bisexual, single and satisfied: Your breeder friends can’t bare it 2017-01-22T05:00:00Z

The restaurant’s founder was a champion of modern art and amassed a collection that still decorates the rooms and is comparable to that of a small museum. Zurich, for a Song 2010-09-24T18:42:00Z

Last weekend's champion, "The Twilight Saga: Eclipse," fell to No. 2 with $33.4 million. "Despicable Me" leads North American box office 2010-07-11T16:03:00Z

Bennett, 88, also spoke to the ongoing life of the songs he's championed for most of his 60-plus-year recording career. Grammys 2015: Sound and hurry as performers rehearse for the show 2015-02-06T05:00:00Z

The project, which was championed by the Bloomberg administration and eagerly sought by downtown residents, was kept alive through the administrations of four governors and two mayors. Ronald Perelman Donates $75 Million for Arts Complex at World Trade Center Site 2016-06-29T04:00:00Z

At Greenwich High School, Olga was a champion tennis player, competitive swimmer, editor of the yearbook and president of her class. Olga Hirshhorn, Collector of Modern Art, Dies at 95 2015-10-06T04:00:00Z

Pittsburgh at New England: When football fans think of the New England Patriots, they naturally think of the team’s four-time Super Bowl champion quarterback, Tom Brady. Football fans feast on Super Bowl appetizers 2017-01-18T05:00:00Z

Having lost and found his voice before the age of 20, Jones became a champion public speaker at his high school and developed a strong interest in performing. A Brief History of Actor James Earl Jones' Bass Voice 2011-01-18T23:35:00Z

Through elimination bouts the series will build to the crowning of a champion. ?Full Metal Jousting? Gear. No, It?s Not Tinfoil. 2012-02-08T21:59:44Z

I’m delighted; in my previous life as TV critic for Time magazine I championed the show, repeatedly. 'Halt and Catch Fire' and the Blessings of 'Peak TV' 2015-10-08T04:00:00Z

It's not pining for the past, nor championing a digital revolution. Keanu Reeves: the future of cinema 2013-02-14T13:04:00Z

Beth plays against grandmasters, former child prodigies like herself, and world champions. "The Queen's Gambit" is the sexiest and most thrilling TV show about chess you'll ever watch 2020-10-23T04:00:00Z

In corner offices all over Hollywood, you could hear the cheer: We are the champions! A Super Bowl Squeaker: Chronicle Edges The Woman in Black 2012-02-05T19:46:29Z

Charles was previously an officer in the American army and was a champion sharpshooter and marksman. My grandparents’ secret courtship 2015-10-24T04:00:00Z

Miller Williams, a poet who championed the power of everyday language and who delivered a poem at the Capitol for President Bill Clinton’s second inauguration, died on Thursday in Fayetteville, Ark. He was 84. Miller Williams, Plain-Spoken Arkansas Poet, Dies at 84 2015-01-02T05:00:00Z

Not one but two predators attempt to proposition the boys: one a Nazi officer, another a church assistant who happens to champion the Jewish shoemaker's arrest. 'The Notebook' is a chilling but reductive World War II tale 2014-08-28T04:00:00Z

Tea and toast is my preferred breakfast of champions, but my husband and I often do "breakfast for dinner,"... Seize the Morning: The Case for Breakfast 2016-02-23T05:00:00Z

When Bruce Jenner revealed to Diane Sawyer what many had already speculated — that the 1976 Olympic champion now publicly identifies as a woman — nearly 17 million people were watching. Transgender community, allies see Jenner interview in positive light 2015-04-25T04:00:00Z

Then again, given Smith’s intense championing of McCarthy’s Remainder, perhaps spontaneity is not precisely the right word. Literary realism is dead 2012-10-20T21:00:00Z

For all of its championed feminism, even was still produced and directed by men. Only 5% of Directors in Hollywood Are Women. Why Aren?t There More? 2012-01-25T19:40:36Z

Bringing to light the inequalities of the time the film celebrates Vera as a champion of women's rights. Sally Hawkins heads for the Hollywood A-list ? thanks to a 1968 pay dispute 2010-07-24T23:06:00Z

In the 1960s, as Mr. Godard ascended to international culture-hero status, one of his most eloquent English-language champions was Susan Sontag. ‘Goodbye to Language,’ the Latest From Jean-Luc Godard 2014-10-28T04:00:00Z

Ms. Lambert championed for country’s scrappier side, preserving traditionalist aesthetics while overlaying them with pugnacious feminist storytelling. Review: Carrie Underwood’s ‘Storyteller’ Values Power Over Finesse 2015-10-21T04:00:00Z

Clemson, Alabama, Michigan State and Oklahoma will play in the College Football Playoff to decide the national champion. Playing sports catch-up: Bowl games, pricy pitchers and Tiger’s future 2015-12-09T05:00:00Z

And he was, you know, the champion for these guys. What makes Dr. Anthony Fauci an "American Master?" 2023-03-21T04:00:00Z

To the degree that “Mad Men” has championed anything, it has been cities and the social values that even in repressive times metropolitan life is fluid enough to accommodate. ‘Mad Men’ and the 1960s as Wild Republican Times 2015-05-15T04:00:00Z

As with his previous 13 visits, his goal remains the same - to become world champion. 'I thought maybe it was time to pack it in' 2015-01-02T05:00:00Z

I am proud to be a designer of couture,” said the designer, who publicly champions his main clients, such as socialite Mouna Ayoub, by placing them in the front row of his show. ‘Calm’ Kardashian joins Emma Watson at Valentino 2014-07-09T04:00:00Z

“I believe I can be the champion thoroughbred that this process requires.” The Apprentice: who said what? 2013-05-07T14:52:16Z

It helps that Mr. Weir is a champion of inspired one-liners. Critic’s Notebook: In Olympic Figure Skating, ‘Compete’ Has Replaced ‘Perform’ 2014-02-18T22:52:26Z

In 18th-century France, reason was championed as the solution to the injustice and muddle of the Old Regime. Tom Gidley, Howard Hodgkin and Bridget Riley – the week in art 2012-06-01T15:31:33Z

He confounds other expectations by being naturally shy, and by refusing to champion anything. The Heretics: Adventures with the Enemies of Science by Will Storr – review 2013-02-13T07:00:02Z

Ms. Bourne was the most passionate in-house champion of the book, a darkly comic tale of World War II by a first-time novelist. Nina Bourne Dies at 93; Created Best Sellers 2010-04-14T04:55:00Z

Last weekend's North American champion, the Disney cartoon "Tangled," slipped to No. 3 with $14.6 million. Foreign moviegoers rescue ailing "Narnia" 2010-12-12T23:40:00Z

Dirk Niepoort is one of the Douro Valley’s leading champions of table wines, in addition to the ports the region is known for. 5 classy imported wines to try — and one of them is in a $26, 3-liter pink box 2017-04-14T04:00:00Z

The film has also made the triple world champion look at his own story in a different light, seeing himself through the eyes of others and experiencing some of their shock. Lauda relives 1976 on the big screen 2013-09-08T09:48:36Z

Ms. Millo instead chose to enter the young artist program at the Met, where she studied, bided her time and found a champion in James Levine. Can the Diva Who Once Ruled the Met Make a Comeback? 2019-01-29T05:00:00Z

“The VMAs still have that weight to them. They champion a lot of new music,” he said. 2014 MTV Video Music Awards look to revive the old, break the new 2014-08-24T04:00:00Z

Here was the Met taking risks, making news and championing a humane and stirring, if problematic, opera. Let’s Talk About Risk at the Metropolitan Opera 2014-08-06T04:00:00Z

Parkinson's disease is an incurable, degenerative neurological disorder whose sufferers include U.S. actor Michael J. Fox and former heavyweight boxing champion Muhammad Ali. Bob Hoskins has Parkinson's disease, retiring from acting 2012-08-08T19:01:11Z

Gymnast Liu Xuan, the women's balance beam champion at the Sydney Olympics, released her debut pop album in February and stars in "Grace Under Fire," a kung fu drama on leading Hong Kong broadcaster TVB. Olympian-turned-actor Tian dives into film romance 2011-04-11T10:23:08Z

Yet a handful of insiders are still willing to champion a neophyte with a brash eye and an air of authenticity. 2010-02-13T02:22:00Z

Madame Blavatsky, as she was known, was a champion of Tibetan esoteric wisdom. Growing up with The Family: inside Anne Hamilton-Byrne’s sinister cult 2016-11-20T05:00:00Z

The sniping in the narrow world of British "literati" even led to a rival award being set up to champion what its backers said was a more high-brow approach to writing. Barnes wins Booker Prize he once named "posh bingo" 2011-10-18T20:53:13Z

The tennis champion was as beloved for his understated, thoughtful personality and political activism off the court as he was for his expert play on it. Caitlyn Jenner wrong honoree for courage award? 2015-07-15T04:00:00Z

One of the best plays so far was by the 11-time world champion Bobby Wolff, who is a member of the U.S.A.-1 senior team. Bridge: Americans Move On at World Championships - Bridge 2011-10-19T23:53:54Z

Do you think differently about that topic since the "Jeopardy!" television game show's humans vs. computer matchup in which Watson, an IBM computer, trounced two trivia champions,? 'Social Animal' author David Brooks says your unconscious can be your best friend 2011-03-16T22:14:04Z

“Death in the Dark” was originally championed by its Faber editor, T.S. Rounding up some unusual suspects: Michael Dirda’s mystery book picks 2017-04-25T04:00:00Z

Therrell High School held a spirit rally in honor of the boys’ basketball team, which is currently ranked No. 1 in the state as the defending Georgia AA champions, Fox 61 reports. Army son surprises mom at work after deployment: 'I've been planning this for years' 2020-01-23T05:00:00Z

He might be an Olympic champion but Cousins is no Simon Cowell; he sounded like a middle manager cutting back on paperclips. Dancing on Ice sharpens its Ice Pick 2011-01-31T11:25:00Z

The most influential U.S. poets laureate have usually had a special interest or project: Maxine Kumin championed the work of women poets. Ada Limón explores "what it looks like to have America in the room" 2022-10-08T04:00:00Z

In New York, he almost immediately faced concerns that he would be too focused on the standard repertory instead of championing new works. Jaap van Zweden to Step Down as New York Philharmonic’s Maestro 2021-09-15T04:00:00Z

She also made a point of championing young and emerging talents, particularly in her home country, where the industry has often proved resistant to change. A Pause to Remember Franca Sozzani, Italian Vogue Editor 2017-02-28T05:00:00Z

Robin Wood wrote several essays at the time acclaiming Chain Saw and its ilk for, in his view, championing the overthrow of the family as an institution. Splice takes us back to the horror-film families of the 70s 2010-07-16T23:05:00Z

The show features the most notable contestants and acts from past seasons and other iterations of “America’s Got Talent,” bringing them together to compete for the title of world champion. What’s on TV Monday: ‘The Bachelor’ and ‘Friday Night Lights’ 2019-01-07T05:00:00Z

Mr. Yen plays Hahou Mo, a jailed champion who is released by the police to stop a killer who is going after former fighters. Review: A ‘Kung Fu Killer’ Doesn’t Follow the Rules 2015-04-23T04:00:00Z

Vogue and its editor, Anna Wintour, were champions, and his clothes were often featured in the magazine. Theory?s Designer Shapes a New Future 2011-08-05T23:46:28Z

Sarah Boxer, a champion of the beagle, summarizes the opposition, which believes that Snoopy’s increasingly baroque antics hijacked the franchise about halfway through its existence. In a Collection of ‘Peanuts’ Tributes, the Gang Is All Here 2019-12-25T05:00:00Z

“These are the true champions,” Dr. Mohammed Akhter, director of the city’s health department, said of patients who faithfully take their medication. New AIDS optimism 2012-07-09T08:19:00Z

If Japanese cooking champions precision and beauty, then Kizuna is the cuisine’s lumbering, lovable American in-law. Kizuna review: There’s nothing subtle about this Tysons newcomer 2016-02-02T05:00:00Z

Perhaps the reason Bruckner is so rarely played in America is because he has not had a great champion among the conductors of this country's major orchestras. Bruckner's Second Act 2011-07-16T14:05:00Z

Last year’s champion, Boulevard Brewing’s sublime Tank 7 Farmhouse Ale, is the only beer from 2015 returning to the fray. Beer Madness 2016: It’s city vs. city in a craft-brewed battle of rivalries 2016-03-14T04:00:00Z

"This is a major step on our way to offering more live programming than any other entertainment and lifestyle network," said Cuban, a billionaire who owns the NBA champion Dallas Mavericks. HDNet to relaunch as live entertainment network 2012-01-19T01:35:08Z

The Cold War influenced his view, of course: “The artist, however faithful to his personal vision of reality, becomes the last champion of the individual mind against an intrusive society and an officious state.” Perspective | John F. Kennedy became a hero to American art lovers — but he wasn’t one himself 2017-06-19T04:00:00Z

“You don’t punch with the heavyweight champion. So you invent the new fight.” Billy Al Bengston, Painter Who Channeled California Cool, Dies at 88 2022-10-20T04:00:00Z

She is his champion and critic, and a fierce guardian of their mutual mission. Books Of the Times: ?The Obamas? by Jodi Kantor - Review 2012-01-08T22:47:03Z

In turn, an entire ecosystem of reality TV emerged to satiate America's urge to rescue and train these previously maligned creatures — with the once-floundering premium cable channel "Animal Planet" championing their cause. The changing face of “America’s dog” — and what it says about us 2021-07-04T04:00:00Z

Gibbons can out-maneuver the champions, but both the story’s smart pacing and the restrained unctuousness that Mr. Lindo brings to the role allow for depth and surprise not immediately apparent. Television Review: Stirring Chicago?s Corruption Stockpot 2011-02-06T20:30:11Z

The ceremony was for Andy Irons, a beloved world champion from Hawaii who died Nov. 2 at age 32, of as yet unexplained causes, in a hotel room in Dallas. A Surfer?s Waterborne Homage 2010-11-19T21:23:00Z

A former World Boxing Organization heavyweight champion paced the room, offering exhortations and encouragement. ‘Hey, Mr. Living Composer’: ‘Champion’ Takes Shape at the Met 2023-04-09T04:00:00Z

He has also used his bully pulpit to champion theater. ‘It’s More Money Than I Imagined.’ So He’s Giving Some of It Away. 2020-12-23T05:00:00Z

Washington may have to face the defending Stanley Cup champion Pittsburgh Penguins in the conference semifinals. Will the Capitals and Wizards stick around for a long run? 2017-04-19T04:00:00Z

You have someone who is your champion, and you come to New York, and then you do great theatre, and then you do feature films, and then you’re set. “I Was Never Really the Ingénue”: An Interview with Judith Light 2019-09-15T04:00:00Z

He commissioned Muybridge to photograph Occident, one of his champion trotters, in motion. Eadweard Muybridge: Feet off the ground 2010-09-03T23:06:00Z

That focus leaves Picasso in slight shadow, gives Braque his fair due and crowns a new champion of media monkey business and painterly legerdemain. Made You Look: The Cubist Art of Deception 2022-11-11T05:00:00Z

A more experienced and connected writer, Fitzgerald championed Hemingway’s work while offering him career and editing advice. What Hemingway Left in Sloppy Joe’s Bar 80 Years Ago 2022-09-21T04:00:00Z

In her first cookbook, “Cooking Solo: The Fun of Cooking for Yourself,” Ms. Miller champions cooking as an act of self-care. The Joy of Cooking for One 2018-10-02T04:00:00Z

And speaking of Gaul: The French do know how to pin medals on their champions. Jerry Lewis: Le Nutty Professor Takes Cannes 2013-05-24T19:14:50Z

And Ariel Schwartz at FastCompany.com tsked, “Seventh Generation seems to think that it needs to dispose of the man who infused the company with the green business values that it champions.” An Environmentalist?s Latest Laundry List 2011-02-23T22:32:55Z

The project was developed over four years and continues Mr. White’s efforts to champion the vinyl industry. Third Man Records Sends a Vinyl Record Into Space 2016-08-03T04:00:00Z

James Ellis and a core of visionaries championed a progressive agenda that culminated in 1968 with the Forward Thrust bond campaign to fund capital improvements in the city. ‘Becoming Big League’: a history of Seattle baseball’s ins and outs 2013-04-26T20:22:13Z

It is also a story of how a committed artist, intellectual and activist can continue to champion a cause after death threats and after public scorn. Why Michael Moore's "Bowling for Columbine" matters now more than ever 2019-10-19T04:00:00Z

The politically-inspired shenanigans of the official government — wiretapping civil rights leaders, for instance — had sparked Gregory’s mind so much he became, as the years rolled by, a champion conspiracy theorist. Perspective | One day with Dick Gregory made me know he was truly one of a kind 2017-08-20T04:00:00Z

The Republicans whom Stevens worked with championed “family values” while living Hustler magazine lifestyles. The Many Varieties of Donald Trump 2020-08-05T04:00:00Z

As a literary form, Romanticism champions strong emotional connections and responses, a certain awe of nature, and the imagination of the individual. Go ahead, believe in romance: It will make you a happier, more committed partner 2016-05-31T04:00:00Z

The Weinsteins, she said, “built Soderbergh’s career . . . built Tarantino’s career, he championed Paul Thomas Anderson, he championed his boys — and there were no female voices in there.” Violence. Threats. Begging. Harvey Weinstein’s 30-year pattern of abuse in Hollywood. 2017-10-14T04:00:00Z

“The avant-garde theatre is fun; it is free-swinging, bold, iconoclastic and often wildly, wildly funny,” he wrote in the Times essay, championing experiment. Edward Albee, Pulitzer-winning playwright of modern masterpieces, dies at 88 2016-09-16T04:00:00Z

The current World Wrestling Entertainment champion was dressed in a black turban and a gray suit with his giant belt slung over his shoulder. How Jinder Mahal, an Indian WWE Star, Is Turning Up the Heat 2017-08-18T04:00:00Z

Both Exotic and Baskin are proficient in warfare on the internet, deploying highly stylized videos in which they are the champions — battlefields of their own making. The Alternate Aesthetic Realities of ‘Tiger King’ 2020-04-02T04:00:00Z

Once it was clear that he was the victor, “I ran over with the megaphone, and I was like, ‘Ladies and gentlemen, this is your champion,’ ” Swain said. ‘Josh Fight’ began online a year ago. Last weekend, a crowd of people named Josh showed up to duel with pool noodles. 2021-04-27T04:00:00Z

Related: Breakfast does feed young minds: evidence grows of link between meals and learning Breakfast may not make you a champion, but it might make you a contender. The New York Times should eat its words: breakfast is for champions 2016-05-24T04:00:00Z

In other interviews and on your Instagram you often champion poetry. What it feels like to be a bestseller: Stephanie Danler and 'Sweetbitter' 2016-09-30T04:00:00Z

Bim Adewunmi The narrator's father is Frank Bruno, boxing's one-time world heavyweight champion who has more recently undergone an excruciatingly public struggle with bipolar disorder. TV highlights 23/07/2013 2013-07-23T06:00:19Z

Even Kanye West, rarely one to question his own judgment on matters of taste and business, deleted early tweets championing Tidal before ultimately restoring them.  As Tidal ebbs, Spotify and other rivals grow 2015-04-23T04:00:00Z

And then little Lauren Froderman reached out and touched them, and now we have the third female champion in seven seasons. "So You Think You Can Dance" delivers a finale shocker 2010-08-13T12:01:00Z

Food has become a trope by which the queer community has found commonality, sought visibility, championed diversity and encouraged activism. Building a Table for All: The Ascent of Queer Food Culture 2018-06-21T04:00:00Z

Other titles auctioned off included “Mike Tyson’s Punch-Out!” a 1987 video game based on the former former heavyweight boxing champion, that sold for $50,400. Vintage Super Mario Bros. video game sells for $114,000 2020-07-11T04:00:00Z

Boxing has given us many fighters who have won world champion titles more than once. ‘Big George Foreman’ Review: Not the Biopic a Two-time Champ Deserves 2023-04-27T04:00:00Z

Bill 606, championed by actress Halle Berry, who testified before the state assembly, sets out to protect the children of those in the public eye. Anti-paparazzi bill becomes law 2013-09-27T09:54:14Z

Or when Ricky Butcher became a speedway champion for one week. EastEnders is not real 2011-01-10T00:05:03Z

Oudolf is the reigning champion of this form, a latter-day Dutch Master, as it were, and he is sought after for many high-profile projects in Europe and North America. Why we need horticulturists 2014-12-09T05:00:00Z

In recent years Mr. Putin has tried to position himself as the champion of a Eurasian power, setting Russia as a counterpoint to Europe. Review: Walter Laqueur’s ‘Putinism’ Dissects a Canny Russian Leader 2015-07-20T04:00:00Z

Some experts championed shock therapy, others called for institutionalization; some psychotherapists saw madness as a metaphor and some doctors prescribed catatonia by tranquilizers. Good Looks Ran in the Family. So Did Schizophrenia. 2020-04-03T04:00:00Z

He has championed the new as none other. The Pilgrim's Progress; Total Immersion: Knussen at 60 – review 2012-11-11T00:05:45Z

To that end, I asked some outspoken anti-theists and other champions of secularism what they think are the best verses in the Bible, and why. Bible verses that atheists love 2014-06-10T04:00:00Z

While the routine was a lead-footed disaster, it’s still sad to watch a former champion and living legend felled by a lack of ability to jive in a bedazzled tennis net shirt. Dancing with the Stars Watch: The Results 2012-03-28T12:39:21Z

Samuel Goldwyn Jr, a champion of independent film and son to one of the founding fathers of Hollywood cinema, has died aged 88. Movie mogul Samuel Goldwyn Jr dies 2015-01-11T05:00:00Z

All four are talented soloists, and Ms. Isaacs and Mr. Stanley are currently leaping through their repertory like champions. At New York City Ballet, Works That Tell Stories and Don’t 2016-02-22T05:00:00Z

How could a futurist support a cave man who champions fossil fuels, puts profits over environmental protection and insists that we can turn back the clock on the effects of globalization on American workers? Peter Thiel, Trump’s Tech Pal, Explains Himself 2017-01-11T05:00:00Z

In 1964 they were second-division champions, and a year later they nearly toppled Manchester United at the top of the first. The Earl of Harewood 2011-07-11T18:26:50Z

Is it too late for her to learn not to trust politicians with perfect hair, to become a true champion of Litchfield’s women? 'Orange Is the New Black' Recap: The Water Is Rising, Rising, Rising 2014-07-15T04:00:00Z

An infielder who played on five World Series champions with the New York Yankees and later became a cardiologist and president of the American League. Final goodbye: Recalling influential people who died in 2021 2021-12-02T05:00:00Z

Special events in the outdoors champion the system’s natural wonders. Celebrating the National Park Centennial 2016-06-30T04:00:00Z

An educator will lead a tour of show highlights at 1 and 3 p.m., and daylong drop-in workshops will offer opportunities to emulate the artists Halpert championed, many of them women and minorities. 7 Things to Do With Your Kids in N.Y.C. This Weekend 2019-11-07T05:00:00Z

Note, please, how he insults Molesley on the eve of the footman’s new schoolteaching career: “There are plenty of little boys who want to be famous cricketers. It’s not enough to make them champions.” ‘Downton Abbey’ Season 6, Episode 8: Lady Mary, That Skinny You-Know-What 2016-02-21T05:00:00Z

There was four time defending U.S. champion Jeremy Abbott,  who took a spill during an attempted quadruple toe loop, pitching forward and careening into the rink wall in a massive wipeout. Plushenko and Abbott’s beautiful stumbles 2014-02-14T16:22:00Z

We have also experienced the support of family, friends, neighbours, carers and professionals, who all champion our cause and really, genuinely care about Seb. My son’s Down’s syndrome does not define him 2016-12-31T05:00:00Z

When the book opens, she has been asked to defend asbestos manufacturers, and Judy, champion of the underdog, wants no part of it. In ‘Betrayed,’ Lisa Scottoline has created a modern Nancy Drew

The champions are unfazed by the lights, the music, the crowds. How the National Dog Show became your favorite Thanksgiving tradition 2018-11-21T05:00:00Z

Its viewers see it as a champion against the Swamp and the Deep State, and they neither understand nor expect the need for objectivity. Perspective | Fox News must take tough action on Sean Hannity’s ethical failure. Don’t hold your breath. 2018-04-17T04:00:00Z

Born in Cuba in 1856, Emerson moved to England as a teenager and championed a naturalistic approach to photography. 'Rare' Emerson book set for auction 2013-09-25T06:54:33Z

And personal to the soloists he believed in, and the composers he championed, and the audiences he entertained and educated. Tribute: George Shangrow, a roaring presence on Seattle's classical-music scene 2010-08-07T00:21:00Z

As an alternative to formalism, Soviet musical bureaucrats championed socialist realism: a style of art that would be intelligible to everyday people and promote national values. She’s Rising From the Depths of Soviet Music History 2019-09-27T04:00:00Z

That song is reprised as the curtain call, with a string of firecracker solos, a triumphant farewell that also advertises the availability of these champion dancers, including Chanel DaSilva and Benjamin Behrends. Trey McIntyre Puts His Company to Rest at Jacob’s Pillow 2014-06-27T04:00:00Z

It is clearly a cause still in need of champions, given that half the cinema audience is women and only 4% of major films are directed by them. Raging Bull, Cape Fear, Goodfellas… the woman behind Scorsese’s classics 2019-02-10T05:00:00Z

“Our plan really is to champion the creative industries in London,” Justine Simons, London’s deputy mayor for culture and the creative industries, told Reuters. Brexit looms over London catwalk as overseas brands take spotlight 2017-09-15T04:00:00Z

Photograph: Christopher Thomond for the Guardian Yorkshire Sculpture Park is famed for its eloquent championing of local heroes Henry Moore and Barbara Hepworth – and for its sheepfolds. How Yinka Shonibare's sculpture park exhibition shoots to thrill 2013-03-03T21:59:01Z

At the same time he is an ardent, outspoken champion of younger pop and jazz performers who continue the tradition. Music Review: Saluting a Radio Man Who?s One of a Kind 2011-07-14T22:48:03Z

“From a competitive standpoint, we owe it to the spellers to identify the champion of the spelling bee.” Vocabulary, lightning round added to National Spelling Bee 2021-04-22T04:00:00Z

Two, the Pottsville Maroons were the 1925 champions of the fledgling National Football League, until they were stripped of the title on a cheesy technicality. Essay: Postcards From My Literary Staycation 2010-08-27T15:04:00Z

“When we allow our judgment to dwell on the books we dislike,” he wrote, “we distract ourselves from our primary purpose as a publisher — to champion the books we believe in and love.” Perspective | The Philip Roth biography is canceled, Mike Pence’s book could be next — and publishing may never be the same 2021-04-27T04:00:00Z

The rowdiest she gets is on the exuberant disco-soul number “Doctor Love,” sung with Faith Evans, a known champion of the flesh. Playlist: Jessica Reedy?s Album, ?From the Heart? 2011-11-20T02:15:30Z

The oft-bemoaned and cursed "liberal education" originated with and was championed by another ambitious governor and later commander-in-chief, President Ronald Reagan. Thank you to that white man down in Florida: Lessons learned from reading a banned book 2023-03-31T04:00:00Z

As an art critic for The New York Times, he championed emerging artists like Eva Hesse and established names like Mark Rothko — as well as the occasional throwback like Andrew Wyeth or Edward Hopper. Brian O’Doherty, Art Critic and (Conceptual) Art Creator, Dies at 94 2022-11-12T05:00:00Z

Online and in other spaces, they have anointed him their champion in the 2016 presidential race. Donald Trump has dropped the GOP’s mask: Conservatism and racism now officially the same thing 2016-03-01T05:00:00Z

This liberalism, the sort that this newspaper champions, emphasises individual freedom, free markets and a limited state. Liberal blues 2016-07-28T04:00:00Z

Mr. Young is held to be a champion of the good kind. In an Age of Fake News, a Historian of the Hoax 2017-11-07T05:00:00Z

While she’s across the hall with the mookee club, her father delivers some astounding news: Two of Melinda’s archangels have won three awards — best of breed, champion and reserve champion — a full sweep. Parlor rollers, pouters and mookees: Welcome to the world of fancy pigeons 2019-02-22T05:00:00Z

Van Vechten is now mainly remembered as the white champion of the Harlem Renaissance and a superb portrait photographer. Blanche Knopf: The complicated woman behind a powerful literary brand 2016-04-13T04:00:00Z

In a long and distinguished career he became a champion of enriching people's lives through the arts. Making the arts for everyone 2015-03-20T04:00:00Z

Mr. Wiley’s champions tend to view his work in overt political terms. Kehinde Wiley Puts a Classical Spin on His Contemporary Subjects 2015-01-28T05:00:00Z

His work was soon championed by a new wave of bands out of England and New York, including the New York Dolls, Sex Pistols and Patti Smith, and Reed became the "godfather of punk." Lou Reed, legendary rock pioneer, dead at 71 2013-10-27T22:51:00Z

“I wanted to champion people who made New York night life worth visiting despite the city’s best efforts to push it down,” he said. | Michael Musto: Michael Musto, After The Village Voice 2013-06-05T19:49:11Z

The actor has long been a champion of press freedom and sits on the board of the non-profit Freedom of the Press Foundation. John Cusack: Barack Obama is 'as bad or worse' than George W Bush 2015-06-05T04:00:00Z

Wasn’t Lincoln’s mother some sort of champion brawler? Abraham Lincoln, bare-knuckle brawler? 2012-12-12T22:26:00Z

And then the idea of him being a world heavyweight champion who had been incarcerated, the characterization of all of that, I completely changed my wardrobe playing that guy. How Michael B. Jordan and Jonathan Majors Fought Harmoniously 2023-03-03T05:00:00Z

In 1981, a Guardian report that chess champion Anatoly Karpov and his handlers had successfully protested at his challenger Viktor Korchnoi’s constant cross-board talk ran under the unlikely headline: “Chess banter banned”. The age of banter 2017-06-30T04:00:00Z

Both men are former champions who set records on the show. ArtsBeat: Watson Dominates 'Jeopardy' but Stumbles Over Geography 2011-02-16T02:35:16Z

And this being Berlin, Wilma doubles as a gallery championing local artists. Wedding in Berlin Finally Has Its Moment 2015-08-05T04:00:00Z

He swaggers down the stairs like Rocky, a fighter who’s taken his body blows, bounced off the ropes, and emerged the champion. 'Mad Men' Watch: Small Steps and Great Leaps 2014-05-26T04:00:00Z

Wednesday's winner will receive a guaranteed recording contract, putting him or her on a potential road to the stardom enjoyed by early champions Kelly Clarkson and Carrie Underwood. Power ballad Sanchez vs. "genius" Phillips on "Idol" 2012-05-23T02:11:30Z

Crawling into bed at night with pencil and paper, he imagined faraway galaxies with mad scientists and defiant champions like himself. Superman: Forged by bullies! 2012-06-16T20:30:00Z

The former champions wryly and modestly narrate their own story in new interviews, while the movie uses chic archival footage to set up a mythic reconsideration of their triumphs. ‘The Witches of the Orient’ Review: Symphony of a Sports Team 2021-07-08T04:00:00Z

Stanley himself has been loosely modelled on influential journalist Spike Hughes, an early champion of hot jazz. Dancing on the Edge: episode one 2013-02-04T22:30:01Z

There might have been something more nerve-wracking than being an opponent to world chess champion Bobby Fischer, and that was being the mercurial man's minder. 'Pawn Sacrifice' film captures chess drama of Fischer-Spassky face-off 2014-09-12T04:00:00Z

That said, Davis is not the best champion of his works from the past, as he admitted during a recent interview. ‘It’s Anthony’s Time’: A Composer Gets His Due 2022-05-12T04:00:00Z

The Welsh rock band have been championed by BBC's Introducing strand, which champions emerging talent. BBC Music Awards watched by 3.9m 2014-12-12T05:00:00Z

It's the news' job to champion humankind, not corporations. Dryuary for TV news: Sober up and start doing your job 2019-01-02T05:00:00Z

Murphy was Chris Rock’s earliest champion, altering his life on a chance night at the Comic Strip in New York. Jon Stewart, Louis C.K., Chris Rock, Stephen Colbert, Conan O’Brien and the behind-the-scenes secrets of comedy’s ’90s glory days 2015-11-23T05:00:00Z

New writing and music is being championed at a creative hub in Manchester set up in the name of one of the city's greatest and most prolific authors. Arts centre honours Clockwork Orange author 2011-02-15T11:49:16Z

Obviously, from a theatergoer’s perspective, the goal is to champion those candidates who provide maximum entertainment value. Washington Improv spoofs presidential campaign 2016-10-19T04:00:00Z

It would be inappropriate of someone like me to blithely champion principles when I’m not paying the tab. Perspective | Carolyn Hax: Grandpa applies old-school pressure over a college decision 2020-02-24T05:00:00Z

Her later appearances on William's arm were more typically royal: Stunning red carpet walks in designer gowns while championing charitable causes. Kate & Wills eye 1-year wedding anniversary 2012-04-27T10:45:12Z

She was described by a college spokesperson as an enthusiastic, popular and capable student who was “always championing the promotion of positive wellbeing for children and young people”. ‘Knowing it could kill you isn’t a deterrent’: the deadly trade in diet pills 2020-07-21T04:00:00Z

The self-aware Robertsons are more than pleased to play up their role as redneck champions for the camera, in a coordinated dance that an improv troupe would recognize. The “Duck Dynasty” American dream: A cynical self-parody of Southern whiteness, whistling Dixie while Jindal’s Louisiana crumbles 2015-06-23T04:00:00Z

Olympic Gymnast Louis Smith has been crowned champion of this year's Strictly Come Dancing. Louis Smith is Strictly champion 2012-12-23T11:01:53Z

And Samuel L. Jackson, memorably chain-smoking his way through what might have been a throwaway minor part, has gone on to become the box-office champion of the world. ‘Jurassic Park’: Where the Wild Things Are 2020-07-02T04:00:00Z

Although we don’t think any of this year’s crop can unseat the champion, you really never know. The Readers Have Spoken: The Godfather Wins TIME's BEST Best Picture Competition 2012-02-24T17:10:48Z

Official events in the inaugural celebration championed women's rights to vote, work and hold public office, while denouncing discrimination, the organization reports. International Women's Day: 5 things you didn't know 2020-03-08T05:00:00Z

The ensemble champions modern and new music from all over. When Boston Ruled the Music World 2021-04-09T04:00:00Z

It’s a shame — not least because Christensen deserves to be championed, not merely published. ‘The Condition of Secrecy’ Teems With Love for Language and the Natural World 2018-11-20T05:00:00Z

"It was written to be taken outside the conventional context," said Ravenhill of The Mother, in which a mother, initially politically neutral, becomes a forthright champion of the socialist cause. Free drama of popular protest rocks London stage 2011-08-31T12:37:39Z

On Saturday only, Stan’s Pepper Steppers, double dutch champions, will visit the museum to teach some of their moves. For Children Listings for Jan. 15-21 2016-01-14T05:00:00Z

While grappling with his father, Mr. Cumming has championed his fatherland. For Alan Cumming, Life Isn’t Always a Cabaret 2014-10-03T04:00:00Z

And beyond the Visionary Art Museum, his work is not championed by museums, including the Palm Springs Art Museum. House Proud: Pink Robots at the Gate 2013-08-21T22:22:38Z

The problem is not just that I am a champion worrier. ‘Reality shrivels. This is your life now’: 88 days trapped in bed to save a pregnancy 2017-10-24T04:00:00Z

And this in, in turn, does wonders to shore up the very stereotypes about these places and the people living in them that “Dangerous World” is ostensibly seeking to champion. The perils of "dangerous" comedy, or what makes a notorious warlord laugh? 2019-03-13T04:00:00Z

Charles Howard, owner of the champion thoroughbred Seabiscuit, sent his daughter to Foxcroft; the stepdaughter of Time magazine’s Henry Luce attended as well. What would you do if a rich aunt doubled your nest egg? That’s what happened to the all-girls school Foxcroft. 2015-02-12T05:00:00Z

Mr. Adams, whose work has been championed at the Met in recent years, denounced the decision. Met Opera Cancels Telecast of ‘Klinghoffer’ 2014-06-17T04:00:00Z

The Jamaican world-record holder will compete against France's European 100 meters champion Christophe Lemaitre in the final race of the evening. The novelty value of Publishers Weekly's novel list 2013-02-26T15:00:00Z

“Let us walk with these warriors, charge on with these champions, and carry forth the call of our captains,” Gorman said. Amanda Gorman clearly has talent. But there’s more to her meteoric rise. 2021-02-07T05:00:00Z

Added together, the tumult persuaded conservatives looking for a champion to turn elsewhere, with most now casting their eyes at Newt Gingrich. Cain suspends his campaign 2011-12-03T19:06:00Z

In April, James Holzhauer, a savant "Jeopardy!" strategist born the same year that Trebek started hosting the show, moved in to the champion position and then stayed there for 32 more episodes. Alex Trebek is asking the right question after his latest cancer setback 2019-10-08T04:00:00Z

Along with Julian Schnabel and the dealer Barbara Gladstone, he is part of a small coterie of art-world insiders who have championed Vega’s work. Alan Vega Ignored the Art World. It Won’t Return the Favor. 2017-06-23T04:00:00Z

Their itinerary also will include a stop in Washington, D.C., where William will champion his United for Wildlife campaign. Prince William and Kate Will Stay at the Carlyle Hotel in N.Y.C. 2014-11-25T05:00:00Z

Not for her the strategy of fashion diplomacy, mastered by Michelle Obama, wherein you champion a designer who bridges both your home country and a host country. Jill Biden, Changing the Fashion Game 2021-07-26T04:00:00Z

In place of the wartime slogan, “one hundred million hearts beating as one”, Yoshihara championed an art of radical individualism summed up by his battle cry: “Create what has never been done before!” The other modernism 2015-04-30T04:00:00Z

She now had won as many grand champion rolling pins as he. Pasty cookoff: A family tradition, stuffed with taunts

Soprano soloist Helen Boatwright, who championed the performance of American song and recorded the first full-length album of songs by composer Charles Ives, has died. Pioneering soprano Helen Boatwright dies at 94 2010-12-02T21:07:00Z

Mr. Cane said his fair continues to focus on small publishers, and to champion affordable artists’ books as a way to combat moneyed elitism within the art world. Tom Wesselmann Nudes, and the Collection of the ‘Baron of Botox’ 2015-09-10T04:00:00Z

The doctors who championed lobotomy believed they were helping individuals and society. The miracle cure that wasn't: 'White Matter' on the personal tragedy of lobotomy 2016-01-03T05:00:00Z

The failings are chronicled and the ideals championed with great energy. Museum Review: ?Revolution!? at the New-York Historical Society 2011-11-10T23:07:33Z

The champion receives $2,500, a pittance compared to the National Spelling Bee’s first prize of $50,000, but worth a middle-schooler’s time and effort all the same. Top spellers prepare to crown national champion, from home 2020-05-28T04:00:00Z

That was the first vintage for Ravenswood, which would become one of California’s most influential wineries and a major champion of the Golden State’s signature grape. How California built its industry: ‘We sold all the wine ourselves’ 2016-09-23T04:00:00Z

That has caused some significant cognitive dissonance among people in the arts world who are otherwise full-throated champions of the president. A master of pop culture had little to do with the ‘high’ arts 2016-09-02T04:00:00Z

Many of the Clinton supporters, however, talk more about their fear of a Trump presidency rather than championing Clinton’s policies or vision. 11/8/16: the documentary that asks us to relive the day Trump shocked America 2017-10-30T04:00:00Z

Murray, who is also the mother of Wimbledon Mixed Doubles champion Jamie, was once ranked the eighth best female player in the UK. From tennis balls to glitter balls 2014-09-05T04:00:00Z

He was, above all, a champion of theater that is bold and challenging. Michael Feingold, Forceful Drama Critic, Dies at 77 2022-11-30T05:00:00Z

That theme opens many doors for programming: The classical period’s champions and inheritors include Mozart, Beethoven and Schubert, whose music will appear in a variety of concerts from Oct. Looking Back on Haydn’s Legacy at the Chamber Music Society 2017-02-20T05:00:00Z

Indeed, you need not look very far for a shared sensibility among L.A. born and raised conductors, with Michael Tilson Thomas, David Robertson and Leonard Slatkin among the composer’s most devoted and persuasive champions. A different way to experience John Adams' music: Sitting onstage, next to the musicians 2017-02-17T05:00:00Z

Without "a powerful Arab champion, Palestine became a mascot for Islamists and radical factions." Lawrence Wright's new book vividly recalls 1978 Camp David summit 2014-09-10T04:00:00Z

Daniel, what can you say about using your celebrity to champion films like "Bad Axe." "Can we even break bread together?": Enduring the American Dream in a Michigan family restaurant 2022-11-18T05:00:00Z

Yet, throughout her career Ms. Bartoli, when not championing overlooked opera composers from earlier eras, has found her own path into touchstone roles and challenged audience assumptions about the standard repertory. Review: Cecilia Bartoli Has Dramatic Depth as ‘Norma’ at Salzburg Festival 2015-08-02T04:00:00Z

He identified as a disabled person, and wrote for a theater company that champions people with disabilities. Harry Potter Brought Him to Broadway. Now His Work is Everywhere. 2019-09-04T04:00:00Z

If Milano legitimately wants to champion progressive causes and women’s rights, she should consider backing a candidate who has a true chance of instituting political change. More backlash for Alyssa Milano over her support of Marianne Williamson's presidential bid 2019-07-17T04:00:00Z

He often parted ways with his fellow Republicans to champion environmental legislation, such as the Clean Water Act. Artists works show how their gardens grow: The seeds of creativity 2015-08-06T04:00:00Z

The life of Muhammad Ali - one of the world's greatest heavyweight boxing champions - is already well represented on screen in both feature films and documentaries. Muhammad Ali the family man 2014-10-08T04:00:00Z

At all times, we are charged to champion the arts and humanities as meaningful and, yes, essential threads of everyday life . . . not just in Washington but across the country and around the world. Advice for the Smithsonian Institution’s new leader 2015-06-26T04:00:00Z

Peel was a pioneering radio DJ from the 1960s until his death in 2004 and championed music that would struggle to be heard on more commercial channels. Bowie, Ronson slam BBC for plans to axe 6 Music 2010-03-02T17:56:00Z

Through them all, Mr. Johnson champions the contributions of ordinary men and women who had big ideas and acted on them. PBS’s ‘How We Got to Now,’ With Steven Johnson 2014-10-14T04:00:00Z

And so far, he has spoken only vaguely about what he wants to do at the Met: fostering high standards and camaraderie; championing overlooked works; generating commissions, all without getting too specific. A First for New York: New Conductors at the Met Opera and Philharmonic 2018-09-11T04:00:00Z

In a movie universe where the human touch is becoming a thing of the past, Selick champions the beauty of visible fingerprints. 2009-12-28T01:20:00Z

Some reviewers found Mr. Cox’s films overly introspective and self-conscious, but those who championed his work did so ardently. Paul Cox, Independent Filmmaker Who Explored Postmodern Life, Dies at 76 2016-06-22T04:00:00Z

The Sundance film festival has sold itself for 40 years as the champion of cutting-edge, radical independent cinema; not a natural habitat for the stiffly costumed and perfectly spoken habits of the literary-inflected costume drama. Sundance 2018: Keira Knightley and the new wave of progressive costume drama 2018-01-20T05:00:00Z

In the film, Yang Chi, played by martial arts champion Yuan Xiaochao, is born with a rare gift for marital arts, and his mother on her deathbed urges him to pursue his potential. 1st in Chinese action trilogy premiers in Venice 2012-09-02T13:46:05Z

Before the 21st century, American champions of this Taiwanese director spent years bemoaning that his films went unreleased in the United States. 3 Film Series to Catch in N.Y.C. This Weekend 2019-01-24T05:00:00Z

Now, with the release of “Victory City,” writers are again rallying around Rushdie to champion his work. Salman Rushdie Has a New Book, and a Message: ‘Words Are the Only Victors’ 2023-01-25T05:00:00Z

Still, Laila Ali followed her father, former world heavyweight champion Muhammad Ali, by becoming a professional boxer. For Father’s Day, let’s remember the sports dads. Some were also pros. 2015-06-17T04:00:00Z

“She was my first audience member and my biggest champion. I really just couldn’t imagine creating art without her in the audience.” A Writer-Director-Star Breaks Through. It Only Took a Lifetime. 2020-10-08T04:00:00Z

To me, it so evidently shows that even people who say they are champions of representation have their limitations. The missed opportunity of an all-Black women "American Horror Story" season 2023-09-21T04:00:00Z

A physician until his 80s, his title became his calling, as he championed doctors of color who were mistreated at his hospitals and took care of low-income patients for free. A Zoom of one's own: Leaving my job helped my mental health — and my mission 2022-01-16T05:00:00Z

"It does make you wonder how many artists don't have their work discovered, who labor in anonymity and aren't lucky enough to have someone find their work and champion it in this way." From Prop. 8 to Joe Paterno, six contenders for feature documentary 2014-11-13T05:00:00Z

One of his greatest champions was Edward Said, who presented the other side of the coin. Maurizio Pollini: a life in music 2011-01-01T00:04:05Z

More precisely, it requires investigating the forces that undermined existing authorities, creating opportunities for constitutional champions to define and demarcate new ones. Why Constitutions Are the Safeguards of Freedom 2021-03-30T04:00:00Z

The razor company Billie razors produces ads championing women with fuzzy legs and overgrown armpits, even as it sells a product for razing those features, if you so choose. The Wild Woman Awakens 2019-12-17T05:00:00Z

It's always difficult, he says, in times of economic crisis, for the arts to champion itself, "when something like the NHS is struggling, but it's still our job to do that". David Morrissey: 'Acting gave me a life' 2012-11-09T17:00:01Z

Wood’s departure illustrated those pressures, said John Doran, a music journalist who has long championed Black Country, New Road. Black Country, New Road, a Breakout Band, Starts Over (Again) 2022-06-21T04:00:00Z

And like Waugh’s exactly contemporary masterpiece, Greenwood’s novel — its surface cynicism notwithstanding — subtly champions fidelity and religious faith. ‘The Deadly Dowager’: A new look at one of the great villains of modern literature 2016-08-17T04:00:00Z

The six-time Grand Slam champion had denied all the charges, saying he had cooperated with trustees tasked with securing his assets – even offering up his wedding ring – and had acted on expert advice. Boris Becker found guilty over bankruptcy, could face jail 2022-04-08T04:00:00Z

Ms. Rousey’s specialty, which she learned from her mother, the former judo world champion AnnMaria De Mars, is designed to hyperextend her adversary’s elbow, leave her in a cast and, ideally, produce another victory. Ronda Rousey’s Next Fight: Body Image in Hollywood 2015-10-09T04:00:00Z

She won silver and bronze medals in the Olympic Games; she was not an “Olympic champion.” Meryl Davis and Charlie White Seek Olympic Gold in Russia in 2014. Will Endorsements Follow? 2012-03-18T06:37:03Z

Starting on Tuesday the Philharmonic presents the first of five consecutive performances of Handel’s “Messiah,” with the early-music champion Andrew Manze conducting the orchestra and the Westminster Symphonic Choir. Opera and Classical Music Listings for Dec. 13-19 2013-12-12T23:15:29Z

But “Octopus: Making Contact” demonstrates the value and worth of bringing the earth’s alien ambassadors into our midst to better understand their uniqueness, and in doing so, champion their existence. From fat bears to "Nature": TV displays our complicated feelings about the natural world 2019-10-01T04:00:00Z

And Moira is someone who taught me to embrace my activism; to be a champion for the L.G.B.T. community, to be a champion for the Black community and to not be afraid to speak up. Samira Wiley and Uzo Aduba Still Remember Struggling 2020-08-30T04:00:00Z

The original Mortal Kombat was a supernatural tale of rival gods who dispatch their champions to fight one another. Mortal Kombat Is Back In a Fight for the Future 2011-04-17T00:31:06Z

“Both of these actors are Academy Award winners like myself. We’re all three world champions, if you will. So you know you’re getting in the ring with two world champions,” Washington said. Washington, Malek and Leto face off in ‘The Little Things’ 2021-01-19T05:00:00Z

Vadera added that Evans and Harvey “bring a brilliant track record of artistic achievement with a strong commitment to education, communities and championing diverse talent and voices.” Royal Shakespeare Company Names Two Directors for Top Job 2022-09-20T04:00:00Z

And she continued to champion the work of young painters and organize shows that drew respectful reviews. Gallerist Mary Boone Pleads Guilty to Filing False Tax Returns 2018-09-05T04:00:00Z

Mr. Jones played Jack Jefferson, a champion heavyweight boxer based on Jack Johnson, who reaps a whirlwind of white hatred by defeating white opponents and taking up with a white woman. Edwin Sherin, Theater and ‘Law & Order’ Director, Dies at 87 2017-05-08T04:00:00Z

Spacey’s many Old Vic collaborations include the title role in Shakespeare’s “Richard III,” whose diabolical champion, he notes, served as a template for the “House of Cards” hero. Kevin Spacey dealing Season 2 of ‘House of Cards’ 2014-02-12T22:57:00Z

For a show that championed the kind of toilet humor made famous by the National Lampoon series, one episode of “Dave” marked a clear turning point for viewers and critics alike. Vulgar, awkward and heartfelt: How Lil Dicky made ‘Dave’ a pandemic-era hit 2021-06-09T04:00:00Z

She also championed cosmetic surgery, speaking easily of her own nose job, face-lifts and silicone injections. Longtime Cosmpolitan editor Helen Gurley Brown dies 2012-08-13T20:30:06Z

He is a simply a champion of “creeping rot.” Movie Review: ‘Epic,’ Directed by Chris Wedge 2013-05-23T22:59:35Z

Just weeks ago, investigators seized the phone and email records of a New York Times reporter in a case that has alarmed First Amendment champions. Perspective | Trump’s press attacks didn’t cause the Annapolis tragedy. But there is a connection. 2018-06-29T04:00:00Z

Coco Chanel was a champion of the artists of her day, and Marino continues that tradition, tapping contemporary talents to create unique pieces for the boutiques he conceives. Peter Marino Designs a Gleaming Chanel Boutique in Boston 2014-02-04T05:00:00Z

Like their team leader, Tim Duncan, the Spurs are quiet champions. America's Best Sports Fans 2010-08-02T22:00:00Z

Once upon a time, the late, great interior decorator Albert Hadley championed the cause of ceilings, calling them "the most neglected surface in a room." All That Glitters 2014-08-14T04:00:00Z

It allows students who were not outright champions - those who won a school spelling bee, those who were a former national finalist and others - to apply. National Spelling Bee drops perfection as a prerequisite to entry 2019-05-24T04:00:00Z

The store was early to champion local bands like the Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Interpol and Vampire Weekend, selling homemade releases and hosting in-store performances. Other Music Record Shop, Yielding to Trends, Will Close 2016-05-09T04:00:00Z

Given the floor, she will share her love of dance, especially Black dance, for which she has been a champion and an institution builder. Moving Over: A Powerhouse of Black Dance Is Retiring (Mostly) 2021-09-02T04:00:00Z

A big one was the retirement in 1969 of William Kolodny, the organization’s educational director, who had brought on Graham and the rest in the 1930s and championed dance in the decades that followed. 92nd Street Y, a Storied Home of Dance, Gives It More Space 2023-03-24T04:00:00Z

She began producing it 10 years ago in hopes of healing her children’s severe eczema, and when it worked, she began championing its health benefits. Could the raw milk boom be a lifeline for struggling farmers? 2019-03-16T04:00:00Z

The campaign helped the Cleveland Public Theater, a champion of new and local plays, turn a Romanian Orthodox church into a rehearsal and classroom space. A Cleveland Arts District Hustles and Rebounds 2017-11-15T05:00:00Z

Festival director Dieter Kosslick must balance attracting stars to the red carpet with championing experimental cinema from around the globe. 2010-02-11T16:28:00Z

He scored a hat-trick against Real Madrid in the biggest club game in world football; he scored four times as England thrashed Spain – current world and European champions – 4-2 in Madrid. World Cup 2014: why Gary Lineker is a man of two halves 2014-05-30T04:00:00Z

Maybe the only good thing to come out of 2016 was the Olympic champion Simone Biles, whose grins, on her way to gymnastics gold, were as wide as her backflips were high. The Books We Loved in 2016 2016-12-13T05:00:00Z

Is it because Beric is the champion of the overlooked, the sword arm for those who have no voice? Game of Thrones: season three, episode five – Kissed by Fire 2013-04-29T12:14:00Z

The second is when a champion of Iranian history is turned for no good reason on his head: Khomeini spends his evenings watching nature films while his wife, Batul, poses for the camera. The House of the Mosque by Kader Abdolah | Book review 2010-04-02T23:07:00Z

As a defending champion, Schneider said she quickly learned that she had a significant advantage over newcomers because she was already comfortable and quick with the device. ‘Jeopardy!’ Keeps Seeing Winning Streaks. Champions Ponder Why. 2022-01-09T05:00:00Z

"This is their livelihood," says Kristina Stanley, who manages this year's champion, the Overland Park Farmers' Market, in her role as recreation supervisor for the city of Overland Park, Kansas. Here’s what makes a winning farmers’ market 2022-12-04T05:00:00Z

Instead of contending with the complexity inherent in building a more equitable and sustainable food system, opponents of questionable agricultural practices took an ideological stance against genetic engineering itself — and championed labels as a solution. New GMO labeling rule takes effect, but food anxieties remain 2022-01-22T05:00:00Z

From 1940 to 1954, he brought feisty opinions and lucid, colloquial prose to The New York Herald Tribune, where he championed living composers, especially Americans. An Essential Music Critic, but Nobody’s Role Model 2016-07-29T04:00:00Z

In spite of such god-like exploits, the young Swiss artist is less a would-be Dr Frankenstein than a champion of the overlooked. Artist of the week 176: Raphael Hefti 2012-02-09T13:32:00Z

On the other hand, she felt a clear affinity with Congresswoman Pat Schroeder, who championed causes that Ross believed in. The Photographer Who Searched for the Humanity in Strom Thurmond 2017-02-12T05:00:00Z

I think at times we feel or are made to feel that we champion different causes. Joaquin Phoenix's Oscars speech in full: 'We feel entitled to artificially inseminate a cow and steal her baby' 2020-02-09T05:00:00Z

Rich couldn’t believe such a well-known champion of slavery would be honored in this way, so she went directly to the information desk to express her shock. Quote from slavery defender John C. Calhoun is removed as Postal Museum reopens 2021-08-27T04:00:00Z

“Guennol had no overall plan, no house flag, no device, no motto, no hunting magic,” Mr. Martin, a tennis champion and heir to a steel fortune, once wrote in a catalog essay. Antiques: Museum Resurrects Tiffany?s Laurelton Hall 2010-08-05T20:35:00Z

In the 1960s as the unlikely grande dame of Russian pianists, she made contact with the avant-garde likes of Pierre Boulez and Karlheinz Stockhausen and championed young Soviet rebels such as Alfred Schnittke. Russian pianist Alexei Lubimov fittingly honors the woman who insulted Stalin to his face 2016-03-01T05:00:00Z

Her husband called her "a pioneering journalist, a champion of women and an amazing life force." Author-commentator Charla Krupp dies in NYC at 58 2012-01-23T23:16:09Z

The movie and its aesthetic had some unlikely champions, like the artist Jeff Koons, who wrote the filmmakers a letter extolling its virtues, from his family vacation in South Africa. The Carpetbagger: ‘The Croods’ Team Can at Least Count on 2 Votes 2014-02-14T19:30:53Z

DiCamillo’s novel, about a young girl hunted by a medieval king because of a prophecy that she will unseat him, eloquently champions the power to love and be loved. The 25 Best Children’s Books of 2021 2021-12-03T05:00:00Z

But if like Greene, he has found himself a dangerous places and often championed the underdog and the oppressed, he is not staking out a political position. Tom Russell sings of life from Hollywood to Mexico 2012-01-19T13:14:07Z

Asked a few years ago if he had soured on any of the directors he once championed, Mr. Sarris smiled and shook his head. Andrew Sarris, Film Critic, Dies at 83 2012-06-20T17:00:26Z

He kind of loves seemingly lost causes, he says, and the heroes who champion them. Aaron Sorkin finds a heroine after his own heart in ‘Molly’s Game’ 2017-12-21T05:00:00Z

Trump used the tabloids to establish himself as a champion of the little guy. How Liz Smith invented Donald Trump 2017-11-13T05:00:00Z

Ten regions, three sandwiches per region, resulting in 10 regional champions. Man V Food: Adam Richman spills the beans 2012-06-15T23:05:00Z

“They are such a vital part of our economy, not only with the restaurant jobs, but the supply chain,” said Senator Roger Wicker, Republican of Mississippi, an early champion of the Restaurants Act. How Small Restaurants Leveraged Their Pain to Win Stimulus Money 2021-03-23T04:00:00Z

Obviously, giving the premiere of a work commissioned before his arrival in Dallas is not enough to certify Mr. van Zweden as a champion of new music. What to Look Forward to in the Fall Classical Music Season 2017-09-08T04:00:00Z

The same is true of the current season's champion, plainly the favorite from the earliest episodes of the competition. "Great British Baking Show" was a showstopper, redeemed this season by fantastic contestants 2021-11-27T05:00:00Z

The crushing of democracy that Jan witnessed in Chile ensured that she would spend the rest of her life championing human rights and refugee organisations. Jan Fairley obituary 2012-06-14T12:56:13Z

Certain categories of wine must be approached on tiptoe, as opinions surrounding them will be tenaciously defended, even if their champions are ill-informed. How Do You Define Rosé? 2020-07-02T04:00:00Z

And for the last 20 years or so, the historians David Christian and Fred Spier have championed big history, urging their colleagues to begin their once-upon-a-time accounts billions of years ago, with the big bang. ?Deep History? Takes Humanity Back to Its Origins 2011-09-26T22:30:59Z

It’s not about the liberal activists who invented the hashtag or the liberal actors and politicians who championed it. Perspective | Can ‘Bombshell’ be a feminist movie if the characters hate being called feminists? 2019-12-11T05:00:00Z

Another major painting in the sale is by Mr. Khakhar, an Indian artist who was championed by Mr. Hodgkin. A Peek Inside Howard Hodgkin’s Personal Collection 2017-10-04T04:00:00Z

She has found an affectionate champion in British biographer Claire Harman, whose lively and exhaustively researched “Charlotte Brontë: A Fiery Heart” arrives on the 200th anniversary of Charlotte’s birth. Review: ‘Charlotte Brontë: A Fiery Heart’ 2016-02-24T05:00:00Z

One of the champions of golden-age mysteries, Evans uses his website The Passing Tramp to reawaken interest in superior, if neglected, writers of the 1920s and ’30s. Beyond the bestsellers: Michael Dirda picks 12 books for the holidays 2015-12-07T05:00:00Z

Now 42 — and called “auntie” by Shirley and the younger members — she was and is a champion, winning her category, Jingle Dance, in the biggest powwows year after year. A New Kind of Native American Dance Troupe 2021-11-03T04:00:00Z

He rose from humble beginnings in the segregated South to become a champion of civil rights before reinventing himself as a Washington insider and corporate influencer. Final goodbye: Recalling influential people who died in 2021 2021-12-02T05:00:00Z

The pianist and Joplin champion Roy Eaton was the host for the program and also played two of the composer’s popular piano pieces, “Solace” and “Maple Leaf Rag.” Critic?s Notebook: For City Opera, Spare Show May Signal Future 2011-06-07T22:00:29Z

The idea behind acquiring so much Aboriginal art was always to champion it in the U.S. Seattle couple's passion builds 'Ancestral Modern' show at SAM 2012-07-25T21:49:04Z

“Catherine’s kids are more ‘acceptable,’” said Ms. Gund, whose insights about racism and sexism deepened her relationships with the artists she championed. Is Agnes Gund the Last Good Rich Person? 2018-11-03T04:00:00Z

Each has passed through his peak as the “heavyweight champion of standup,” and both bear the physical marks of time’s passage. Dave Chappelle and Louis C.K. Confront a Changing World 2017-04-10T04:00:00Z

As a soloist and a chamber musician, Mr. Black championed contemporary music and commissioned work from dozens of composers. Robert Black, Bass Virtuoso of the Avant-Garde, Is Dead at 67 2023-06-27T04:00:00Z

Vogel was among the earliest collectors who championed minimal and conceptual art in the 1960s. Art collector Herbert Vogel dies at 89 2012-07-22T23:01:04Z

Back then, Wimbledon champions were given miniature trophies to keep and there are three of these in the sale. Bizarre Becker: Sad and turbulent saga of a fallen tennis champion 2018-06-24T04:00:00Z

Even among Olympic champions, a car was a rare gift from the government. Cuba’s forgotten champ 2012-09-07T23:30:00Z

Mr. Gelb, a champion of Mr. Adams’s who was the first to bring his operas to the Met stage, has faced sharp criticism for canceling the “Klinghoffer” transmission from some music critics and arts administrators. ‘Klinghoffer’ Composer Responds to Met’s Decision 2014-06-18T04:00:00Z

Defending national champion Villanova claims overall top seed, with Kansas, North Carolina and Gonzaga leading their conferences into the basketball tournament. 10 Things to Know for Monday 2017-03-12T05:00:00Z

Glenn totally supported, endorsed and championed what we were doing. Glenn O’Brien’s Friends Remember a ‘Successful Maniac’ 2017-04-12T04:00:00Z

And I lost patience with the way he seemed to want both sympathy for being a victim of the right and adulation for being the champion of all mankind. Lost on Broadway: Michael Moore's 'The Terms of My Surrender' is a well-meaning misfire 2017-08-10T04:00:00Z

Clinton went on to champion the Erie Canal, the 363-mile ribbon of locks and water that opened the way to the rest of the country. Green-Wood Cemetery, Where Presidential Aspirants Enjoy an Afterlife 2016-11-03T04:00:00Z

The author says he was born into Gypsy royalty, into a clan of champion bare-knuckle fighters. Books of The Times: ?Gypsy Boy,? a Memoir by Mikey Walsh 2012-02-16T15:29:02Z

Over the last four years Mr. Gouzer championed separate curated sales at Christie’s, creating a series of stand-alone auctions whose art he often handpicked to appeal to a younger generation of collectors. Rule-Breaking Rainmaker Leaving Christie’s Auction House 2018-12-17T05:00:00Z

In the most brutal and often most misunderstood sport in the world, becoming a champion takes more than just blood, sweat, and tears. ArtsBeat: Hello, Ozzy: Tribeca Lineup Adds Ozzy Osbourne and Carol Channing Documentaries 2011-03-14T16:00:16Z

As the first leader of the one-party communist state, Lenin redistributed land and nationalized industry and banks in a bid to champion the working class. Wider image: Monuments to Lenin remain 100 years after Russian Revolution 2017-11-02T04:00:00Z

Savile championed a host of good causes, frequently running marathons to raise money. TV show claims UK TV host Savile abused children 2012-10-02T13:36:08Z

Wood does not see himself as a “triumphalist” or champion of “any great white man” and says he follows no agenda beyond where the scholarship leads him. Gordon Wood and Woody Holton clash over past and present 2021-10-28T04:00:00Z

The Met’s elegantly stylized production, originally directed by Jonathan Miller, is one of the company’s strongest, and James Levine — long a champion of the work — presided over a vivacious, all too brief revival in May. The Best Classical Music of 2015 2015-12-09T05:00:00Z

And it’s maybe not so coincidental that last month, London officials scrapped plans for a much-needed new concert hall there — a project with no greater champion than Rattle. Online, Simon Rattle Gives a Preview of His Future in Munich 2021-03-14T05:00:00Z

While Ms. Tan is the doyenne of toy pianos, a new generation, including the performer and composer Phyllis Chen, is also championing the quirky instrument. Music Review: Margaret Leng Tan on Toy Piano at Washington Square Park 2013-07-17T20:27:22Z

Carter was kind and thoughtful, often championing emerging writers, but also capable of incredible cruelty and ugliness. An overdue biography of Angela Carter 2016-11-10T05:00:00Z

Corcoran, perhaps his most tireless champion, was at least able to uncover when, where, and how Phillips died—with prewar musicians, these kinds of facts are often disturbingly elusive. Some of Us Are Haunted by Washington Phillips 2016-10-20T04:00:00Z

A charismatic clan leader, James — called the Mighty Quinn or Baldy James depending on who’s doing the calling — turned out to be a champion fighter. | 'Knuckle': ?Knuckle,? Documentary About Fighting Irish Travelers - Review 2011-12-09T02:03:03Z

She convened symposiums and screenings, and championed the work of contemporary black filmmakers. Phyllis R. Klotman, Scholar and Archivist of African-American Cinema, Dies at 90 2015-04-05T04:00:00Z

Those pen-and-ink soldiers, in the pages of Horwitz’s many books, came to life in their descendants, champions of the Confederacy, modern-day Klansmen, anguished, angry, and haunted. Tony Horwitz, a Historian Who Reckoned Fearlessly with the Legacy of the Civil War 2019-05-28T04:00:00Z

The streaming champions of modern hip-hop have not yet hit their ceiling. J. Cole Hits No. 1 With ‘KOD,’ Another Streaming Win for Rap 2018-04-30T04:00:00Z

Critics of the show’s obvious pandering and problematic narrative were shouted down by conservative talking heads championing a show people obviously wanted to see. The downfall of “Roseanne”: How ABC’s attempt to normalize Trump-era racism backfired 2018-05-30T04:00:00Z

She ran cross-country at school and was the county under-11 champion. 'Toddler twins, a demanding job... why not take on an Ironman?' 2017-08-12T04:00:00Z

Glover and Harrison will face off for the show's record deal grand prize Wednesday, with the 12th season "Idol" champion crowned on Thursday. 'American Idol' down to final 2 singers 2013-05-10T02:31:09Z

As recently as 15 years ago, it was one of the few venues in London championing avant-garde art; now it is one among many. ICA readies itself for post-Eshun future 2010-08-31T22:00:00Z

Cheuse was known for championing the work of younger writers and independent publishers. Alan Cheuse dies at 75; author was longtime NPR book reviewer 2015-07-31T04:00:00Z

He began staging works by composers Mr. Levine had previously shown little interest in; championing new and sometimes controversial production styles; and launching the Met’s “Live in HD” simulcasts to cinemas. James Levine, a Fractured Partnership and a Met Opera Lawsuit 2018-03-16T04:00:00Z

McCreery and Alaina will compete next week on a new night, Tuesday, and the champion of Season 10 will be announced Wednesday, the better to keep the finale within the May Sweeps ratings period. Haley falls short of 'Idol' finals 2011-05-20T02:01:54Z

Instead he was taken up and championed — or, depending who you ask, romanticized and exploited — by a group of younger, mostly white artists later known as the Chicago Imagists. Joseph E. Yoakum Isn’t Who You Think 2021-12-22T05:00:00Z

“They became the champions for refugees coming to this country,” she says. While other countries turn Syrian refugees away, Canadians are taking them home 2016-05-04T04:00:00Z

One can understand how the 27 year-old British boxer, who in November was crowned heavyweight champion of the world, would seem a natural to find on the BBC Sports Personality of the Year’s 2015 shortlist. Tyson Fury is a champion and a loser 2015-12-07T05:00:00Z

“Now ... we want to be champions and create a legacy for ourselves.” Video game 'Legends' do battle for $1 million 2019-11-08T05:00:00Z

The movie features interviews and archival footage that revisit Justice Ginsburg’s groundbreaking achievements as the second woman to be appointed to the Supreme Court and as a champion of gender equality. What’s on TV Monday: ‘Adventure Time’ and ‘RBG’ 2018-09-03T04:00:00Z

The opening game generally features the Super Bowl champion from the year before. Democratic convention beats football in ratings 2012-09-06T23:57:09Z

Forward-thinking merchants, too, are championing their versatility, anointing this once-humble wardrobe understudy as the unlikely diva of the spring and summer season. It?s a Turban, It?s a Dress (It?s a Scarf) 2011-05-25T21:01:02Z

Each has pledged to champion HeForShe in their individual nations, and has outlined specific actions they’ll take towards ensuring equal opportunities for women. These 8 World Leaders Are Taking Major Steps Towards Gender Equality 2015-06-18T04:00:00Z

Jewel and her rodeo champion husband, Ty Murray, live in Texas. Spokeswoman: Pregnant Jewel 'fine' after accident 2011-03-12T01:30:23Z

Generally speaking, there are three main reasons for a champion's sudden demise. Sports' Biggest Chumps 2010-03-03T22:05:00Z

Cohen is a middleweight champion of contemporary jazz bass playing, as agile as he is aggressive. 12 Pop, Rock and Jazz Concerts to Check Out in N.Y.C. This Weekend 2019-08-01T04:00:00Z

To accuse novelists of egotism is like deploring the tendency of champion boxers to turn violent. ‘There Is Simply Too Much to Think About,’ Saul Bellow’s Nonfiction 2015-04-27T04:00:00Z

Our culture is needlessly obsessed with declaring ultimate champions — in sports, where it’s an appropriately objective measure, but in everything else now, too. Perspective | ‘Jeopardy!’ has named its Greatest of All Time. But why did it have to go there? 2020-01-15T05:00:00Z

The world’s best chess player is, at the very least, unique in his or her superiority, and that fact alone redeems the champion’s possible unfitness for other activities. Bobby Fischer, “Pawn Sacrifice,” and Movies About Geniuses 2015-09-16T04:00:00Z

Iain Morton: If you could be the world champion of any other sport, what would you choose and why? Taylor outlines retirement plan 2014-10-21T04:00:00Z

Unable to walk since before age 2 because of polio, Heumann, now 73, grew up in Brooklyn, where she felt championed by her parents. She’s considered the mother of disability rights — and she’s a ‘badass’ 2021-05-21T04:00:00Z

Perhaps the best biographer must be equal part champion and skeptic — especially when dealing with a subject so skilled at evasion. ‘Chalk: The Art and Erasure of Cy Twombly’ Hunts for Big — and Elusive — Game 2018-11-06T05:00:00Z

She encountered a portent of things to come during her first romance, with Glenn Davis, the famed "Mr. Inside" of the Army football champions. Elizabeth Taylor was prolific as a bride 2011-03-23T15:05:13Z

While some bartenders may champion underdog cocktails, they are also aware that the drinks need a little work under the hood. When Bad Drinks Go Good 2017-08-04T04:00:00Z

Aptly, the show “The Milk of Dreams” championed the work of women and gender nonconforming artists. This Thai Artist Marries the Sacred and the Sensual 2022-11-30T05:00:00Z

Leonard, who died in 2008, was known for championing authors early in their careers. Book critics to give award for best debut work 2013-05-29T10:09:09Z

Jeff Byard of the Federal Emergency Management Agency said the storm would punch the Carolina coast like a world champion boxer. Carolina coast is preparing as Hurricane Florence nears 2018-09-12T04:00:00Z

“Significant Other” would be the second Broadway play in a year written by an artist championed by Roundabout Underground, the nonprofit’s program for emerging artists. He’s Gay. He’s Lonely. And He’s Coming to Broadway. 2016-06-29T04:00:00Z

They are also two-time U.S. figure skating champions. Siblings Maia and Alex Shibutani launching book series 2019-10-24T04:00:00Z

In their book "The Faith of Donald J. Trump," Trump's evangelical biographers David Brody and Scott Lamb concurred: Trump would "protect Christianity"; he would be their "ultimate fighting champion." From Donald Trump to John Wayne: How to become a hero of the Christian Right 2020-09-08T04:00:00Z

It’s the kind of thing championed by elite athletes including LeBron James. $75 for Three Minutes at Minus 230 Degrees? Sure, We’ll Try It 2017-12-11T05:00:00Z

Or at least pity George Dryer — he certainly does — who was once a mighty soccer champion, scoring goals for club and country across Europe, before he ran aground in the Virginia suburbs. Movie Review: ‘Playing for Keeps,’ by Gabriele Muccino 2012-12-06T23:03:59Z

He’s been a champion of mine for almost half my life. Men who made my legs 2012-12-03T02:00:00Z

She champions challenging European modernism that is little wanted in cautious American concert halls these days. Three L.A. cellists save the day with last-minute musical theatrics for the Phil 2018-01-21T05:00:00Z

Wilson has continued to champion light music in all its varieties. The Conductor John Wilson Doesn’t Like Musical Distinctions 2023-08-03T04:00:00Z

In that way, she’s similar to President Trump — a billionaire born into wealth who has positioned himself as champion of the working man. Laura Ingraham was ‘Trump before Trump.’ But is she made for TV? 2017-10-24T04:00:00Z

That’s right: The men’s champion got more money than the women’s champion. Tradition reigns at Wimbledon 140 years after the tennis tournament began 2017-06-28T04:00:00Z

A Los Angeles native with Armenian roots, he’s been a champion of efforts to have the 1915 Armenian Genocide recognized at the national level. Geragos named in extortion case, has string of celeb clients 2019-03-25T04:00:00Z

The team then went on to beat Spain, the 2010 World Cup champions, in penalty kicks in the round of 16 last week. Russia says to mint half-rouble coin if team reaches World Cup semis 2018-07-06T04:00:00Z

Two hundred guests attended, including 20 “Amazing Race” competitors, one of whom, Kellie Wells-Brinkley, a Universal Life minister and former Olympic track and field champion, officiated. He Had Him at ‘Howdy’ 2021-12-10T05:00:00Z

She played an instrumental role in the development of postwar American art, championing pop art, minimalism, ­language-based and conceptual work, and land art. A gallery owner talked herself out of the business and into the desert 2016-09-30T04:00:00Z

“Philanthropy must be a place in which those values are preserved, defended, and championed.” How philanthropy benefits the super-rich 2020-09-08T04:00:00Z

She was my absolute champion, she supported me completely. My mum only had a few months to live. So we rented a van and took a road trip 2020-02-19T05:00:00Z

“I’d like to see some actors sitting next to some baking champion sitting next to some artists. ... So it’s gonna be a mix of celebrity and real people,” she added. Kelly Clarkson hoping to keep it real for new U.S. talk show 2019-09-04T04:00:00Z

The two men shared a music publisher, Boosey & Hawkes, and Bernstein — on the lookout for young talent working in a tonal style — soon was championing Gruber’s music, even if he never conducted it himself. Composer Gruber to conduct Bernstein, Stravinsky, his own ‘Rough Music’ at SSO 2013-04-11T20:43:51Z

Still, there was always the fair’s Rug-Cutters Jam with Benny Goodman and his orchestra, and the baby parade, which named a champion fat baby and a champion freckled child. Friday File 2014-09-05T04:00:00Z

The pub champions local and sustainable ingredients, and the bar features Welsh cask ales brewed nearby. 10 Hotels in Europe That Make You Feel at Home 2015-04-14T04:00:00Z

Until somebody can go in and beat him again, they can s__k my b__ls, how about that for a bit of heavyweight champion talking?” Tyson Fury is a champion and a loser 2015-12-07T05:00:00Z

At the film’s center is Lotan Fisher, an Israeli bridge champion who became the focus of a cheating scandal in 2015. What’s on TV This Week: ‘Landscapers’ and ‘Live in Front of a Studio Audience’ 2021-12-06T05:00:00Z

JR Leeds Rhinos and Melbourne Storm meet at Headingley for the annual clash between the champions of the planet's two foremost rugby league competitions, Europe's Super League and Australia's NRL. TV highlights 22/02/2013 2013-02-22T07:00:05Z

For all the wealth and fame Tyson earned as the heavyweight boxing champion of the world, he had no real power when he went to prison. ABC's Mike Tyson documentary "The Knockout" is a celebratory apologia without adequate interrogation 2021-05-25T04:00:00Z

Barneys built a reputation on its embrace of avant-garde fashion, its devotion to 50 shades of black, its championing of new designers and its seeming willingness to put creativity above everything else. Perspective | The end of Barneys, the store that made us lust for fashion 2019-11-02T04:00:00Z

American Idol The singing competition's first champion, Kelly Clarkson, performs in this new episode. Wednesday's TV Highlights: 'The Middle' on ABC 2015-03-31T04:00:00Z

But what's been great is that we are seeing some new good voices being championed, and I'm excited for that. Laura Lippman on turning true crime into fiction: "Am I not appropriating somebody's story?" 2019-07-22T04:00:00Z

He became the unlikely champion of culture when he defied the national government and passed a decree allowing the city’s four museums to welcome visitors for the first time in over three months. French Mayor Opens Museums, Defying Coronavirus Orders 2021-02-12T05:00:00Z

Because if we embrace sport and exercise for women properly – championing female athlete role models – we won’t have this body dysmorphia crisis. Let's get physical: how women's sport can conquer body image 2016-06-12T04:00:00Z

Through one of the few neighborhoods of historic and beautiful buildings, where viney-rooted trees scaled brick walls and brass plaques championed the deeds of Communist Party heroes. Lost in China 2010-12-24T19:55:00Z

Kaskade focused on the primacy of songwriting but still felt like he needed to champion dance music as a legitimate genre and not just a vessel for drug use. IMS Engage: Chuck D, Seth Troxler and Kaskade on the state of EDM 2015-04-16T04:00:00Z

Joe Louis, considered the greatest heavyweight champion of all time, beloved by blacks and whites alike, declared that he would never cheer for the Muslim champ. “They’ve got to kill me. They can’t afford to let me live”: Inside the amazing friendship between Muhammad Ali and Malcolm X 2016-03-20T04:00:00Z

A champion of Mr. Roth’s early stories, Howe changed his mind after reading “Portnoy’s Complaint.” ‘A Voice Still Heard,’ a Collection of Essays by Irving Howe 2014-11-09T05:00:00Z

He is a writer, director and producer who champions television diversity with other classic hit sitcoms such as “The Jeffersons” and “Sanford and Son.” Golden Globes to honor legendary TV producer Norman Lear 2021-01-28T05:00:00Z

Gale said that at the end of the day, if you’re going to have a salad for a champion you can’t be afraid to experiment. Viral Twitter thread reveals why your salad is likely 'boring' and 'flavorless' 2020-01-29T05:00:00Z

He's a champion of Seattle's natural areas, such as Discovery Park or Washington Park Arboretum, and shores, places with great variety in habitat and thus great variety of wildlife. Review: Paul Bannick's photos at the Burke salute beauty, importance of owls and woodpeckers 2011-03-21T23:15:05Z

Morgan said his new show will be a “fearless forum for lively debate and agenda-setting interviews,” and praised Murdoch for championing free speech. Piers Morgan to launch new TV show in deal with News Corp 2021-09-16T04:00:00Z

“Have you ever noticed, the women of color writers who are championed as ingenues or geniuses are almost always light-skinned?” Why black people discriminate among ourselves: the toxic legacy of colorism 2019-04-09T04:00:00Z

Stephen Bunting has one New Year's resolution - to become the undisputed champion of the world. Two world titles, one champion? 2014-12-18T05:00:00Z

David Bowie was one of the band’s earliest supporters and champions,” the singer and guitarist Win Butler said in a statement. All the Young Bands: The Artists David Bowie Championed 2016-01-13T05:00:00Z

It is in bookshops – the bricks and mortar kind – that new writers are most easily discovered and championed. Carlos Acosta leaps into Waterstones' spotlight as debut novelist 2013-01-14T20:00:03Z

"As a fan I'm sad; it's like saying goodbye to an old friend," added the two-time local Potter trivia champion. Harry Potter to cast final spell with eighth, last film 2011-06-30T11:13:47Z

The first round on Monday in this week’s “Jeopardy!” competition between two former champions and Watson, the I.B.M. computer, was supposed to be a man vs. machine, guys against gadget, brain vs. ArtsBeat: The TV Watch: Man, Machine and a Trivial Pursuit 2011-02-15T11:54:09Z

“That’s what makes it exciting for us — to champion emerging artists in a place where people wouldn’t expect it.” Rough Trade Record Store Has an Unlikely New Home: 30 Rock 2021-05-10T04:00:00Z

In any game of “Jeopardy!” there’s a returning champion. I Finally Made it to ‘Jeopardy!’ and Was Beating James Holzhauer. Then He Got Rolling. 2019-05-04T04:00:00Z

She also became a champion of her fellow professionals. Helen Marcus, Prolific Photographer of the Famous, Dies at 97 2023-11-03T04:00:00Z

A champion in the field, Gannicus is poised to bring his owner greater and greater glory. | 'Spartacus: Gods of the Arena': The Adventures of Spartacus Sixpack 2011-01-20T22:57:54Z

"Every student deserve the right to an education," says Thorpe, "and I want to be that person who championed that for them." Maryland teacher Keishia Thorpe, winner of Global Teacher Prize, inspires many 2022-02-04T05:00:00Z

The city-owned park – which was one of only a few in Louisville open to African Americans until 1955 – had no signage to pay homage to the future boxing champion’s runs. Muhammad Ali’s hometown heartbreak: I went looking for Ali’s Louisville, and it wasn’t there 2016-06-06T04:00:00Z

You had to be the president, or a movie star, or a rock star, or the heavyweight champion of the world. | Let Us Now Praise Infamous Men 2013-09-04T19:12:10Z

That is his legacy, along with the barriers he broke and the designers whose work he championed. Beholder of Beauty 2022-01-23T05:00:00Z

But there’s a long, still-misunderstood heritage of piano arrangements of orchestral and operatic works, pioneered by Liszt and championed a century later by Vladimir Horowitz. Extraordinary Beethoven, and an Adventurous Streak 2021-05-21T04:00:00Z

Luke’s fine with playing the people’s champion pro bono, but he’s not above fielding endorsement offers. In "Marvel's Luke Cage," history makes a rage in Harlem 2018-06-21T04:00:00Z

She showed her support for the Suffragist movement by planting a flag championing votes for women atop Mount Coropuna in Peru. Top 10 inspiring female adventurers 2016-03-08T05:00:00Z

Theory: The Hound would return to King’s Landing as the Faith’s champion to fight his brother, the Mountain, to the death in a trial by combat for Cersei. Here's How All of Those Game of Thrones Theories Panned Out 2016-06-28T04:00:00Z

Before long, the recipe, like so many on TikTok, started to catch on as imitators across the site tried their hand at this new breakfast of champions. TikTok's nature's cereal: It's natural, but is it cereal? 2021-03-20T04:00:00Z

The key technique still used by today's memory champions, known as the "memory palace", is ancient, too. Moonwalking with Einstein by Joshua Foer ? review 2011-04-10T01:30:01Z

Then there’s Kelly , the season one champion and star who has a fake love affair of convenience with partner Val Chmerkovskiy. Dancing with the Stars Watch: The Grand Finale 2012-11-27T13:30:59Z

The champion will receive $1 million and the sweeping title of “greatest of all time.” Greatest of All Time on ‘Jeopardy!’: Who Won Game 1? 2020-01-07T05:00:00Z

Douglas, the all-around gymnastics champion, shimmered and shivered in a lime dress on the chilly carpet, where temps hovered in the 50s. SHOW BITS: The show must go on 2013-01-14T01:34:10Z

Two of the pretournament favorites in the open series were the Netherlands, the reigning Bermuda Bowl world team champions, and Monaco. Bridge: Bridge — Open Series at European Championships in Dublin 2012-06-20T21:28:14Z

That’s way below the norm for a worldwide blockbuster. On average, the top 10 all-time worldwide champions earned two-thirds of their money abroad. First Quarter 2012: The Hunger Games Leads a Winning Winter 2012-04-06T14:11:07Z

Fans of the glowering Canadian see him as a champion of the “masculine” forces of order over “feminine” chaos, while Kondo’s books and new Netflix show are squarely pitched at a female audience. Think a tidy house will lead to a tidy life? Think again 2019-02-08T05:00:00Z

Around this time, though, he performed outstandingly well on a state-sponsored examination, which led to his enrollment in a science program overseen by Charles Darwin’s champion, Thomas Henry Huxley. Review | H.G. Wells wanted to change the world. A new book explores the author’s outsize ambitions 2021-11-02T04:00:00Z

First, the college football champion transitioned into professional wrestling and his alter ego, "The Rock," became a huge star on the World Wrestling Entertainment circuit. Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson takes kids on new film "Journey" 2012-02-09T21:34:59Z

At this point a champion of the visitors arose. Villagers fear George Bernard Shaw tourism: From the archive, 11 April 1951 2013-04-11T06:00:00Z

“I’m part analyst, I’m a champion, I’m a critic, I’m a mother, I’m a sister, I’m a sister-girlfriend,” Ms. Williams said. A Champion, a Critic, a Therapist: Dyana Williams Is Hip-Hop’s Artist Whisperer 2018-09-06T04:00:00Z

She championed Charles Gounod and Jules Massenet, and inspired a novel by George Sand. 5 Classical Music Albums You Can Listen to Right Now 2022-09-29T04:00:00Z

Captain America: Civil War still has some distance to go before it beats Marvel’s champion The Avengers, which in 2012 became the first of the studio’s movies to gross over $1bn. Captain America: Civil War grosses $1bn worldwide 2016-05-20T04:00:00Z

Early on, she made sure to congratulate 23-time Grand Slam tennis champion Serena Williams on her unique and unparalleled accomplishments at this year's Wimbledon championships – and beyond. Who is the greatest athlete of all time? Michelle Wolf has the answer 2018-07-23T04:00:00Z

The final scene sees Rocky battle world champion Apollo Creed in the ring. Rocky makes strong debut on Broadway 2014-03-14T10:12:48Z

A champion of punk rock in the 1970s, he would also tear up over “La Marseillaise,” the French national anthem. Seymour Stein, Record Industry Giant Who Signed Madonna, Dies at 80 2023-04-02T04:00:00Z

Ms. Kang, 29, is the director of international programs at Code.org, a nonprofit organization in Seattle that champions computer science education in kindergarten through Grade 12. Suky Kang, Daniel Lee 2018-09-30T04:00:00Z

And even “Captain Marvel” baldly championed Carol Danvers as the poster-ready “nevertheless, she persisted” female hero, who broke free from the oppressive men who were tamping down her abilities. What ‘WandaVision’ Gets Right (and Wrong) About Female Superheroes 2021-03-11T05:00:00Z

This is also the area where the Met site is touching on the most promoted and heavily championed aspect of the new technology, which happens to coincide with the most delicate aspect of its project. Web Site Review: The Metropolitan Museum?s New Web Site 2011-10-06T22:45:35Z

Horses, magnificently wordless in themselves, excite passionate differences of opinion in their admirers and the museum has been petitioned, urging that certain breeds be championed. The Horse: From Arabia to Royal Ascot – review 2012-05-26T23:05:41Z

Adam Hadwin is projected to finish the year at No. 50, but he could get bumped if two-time Australian PGA champion Cameron Smith finishes in a two-way tie for third of better. Barrow to step down as CBS prepares for more golf changes 2019-12-17T05:00:00Z

He would have put a champion bull rider to shame. I?m a ferry boat captain 2012-05-19T14:00:00Z

Climate Parents is a grassroots effort to change the way science classes are taught, and one of the groups championing for change in this arena. Community discussion: Does climate denial begin in school? 2014-07-18T04:00:00Z

The nice thing about being a director is to champion other people,” Jolie added. Directing allows Angelina Jolie to 'champion other people' 2017-09-11T04:00:00Z

More voters cast ballots for Ms. O’Hara, a five-time nominee who has won support by being a fierce champion of the now-shuttered “Bridges.” Shoo-Ins Are Few in Heated Tony Race 2014-06-05T04:00:00Z

Sundance has long prided itself on championing female directors — in sharp contrast to Hollywood — and the 2012 festival will be no exception. Carpetbagger: Eclectic as Ever, Sundance Unveils Competition Lineup 2011-11-30T21:00:03Z

Like O we’re glad to have it both ways: rough and sweet, cynical and naïve, champion and underdog. | 'Savages': Review: ‘Savages,’ Oliver Stone’s Adaptation of Don Winslow’s Novel 2012-07-05T16:02:31Z

They had just won the NCA National Championships in the junior college division and celebrated with a tradition where the champions run into the ocean. Netflix’s ‘Cheer’ returns after team’s major highs and lows 2022-01-14T05:00:00Z

Taking this position would come at a cost to Lerner, who has struggled at times over the years to find major theaters in Israel, which are heavily subsidized by the government, to champion his plays. A playwright who wants to change society, not merely observe it 2016-03-24T04:00:00Z

Further proof comes tonight when longtime scene champions Hardcore Heaven join forces with Bristol-based glowstick wavers Ravers Are and south Wales' finest, Bionic, for the Warehouse Experience. This week's new clubs 2011-04-01T23:06:01Z

Still, champions of American music should feel free to pressure the Philharmonic. Music: Philharmonic in Red, White and Blue? Not Quite Yet 2010-03-01T06:39:00Z

I am just thanking Matisse, along with his friend and champion Etta Cone. Baltimore loves Matisse. That’s one more reason to love Baltimore. 2021-11-21T05:00:00Z

Columbia would be different: It was modeled after New Towns — self-contained, comprehensively planned mini-cities that spread across Europe after World War II and were championed by intellectuals as an alternative to sprawl. Here’s a suburban experiment cities can learn from 2017-07-11T04:00:00Z

The campaign championed participants in several ways, communicating progress in weekly newsletters, celebrating staff participation and offering “biking breakfast” for those who cycled to work. Workplace wellness programs work best when bosses buy into them 2018-11-26T05:00:00Z

He graduated in 1995 and hoped to wrestle at Baltimore’s Morgan State University, which had the premier wrestling program among the nation’s historically Black colleges and universities with four national champions and approximately 75 all-Americans. He’s bringing Baltimore youths to the wrestling mats as a way to thrive 2021-12-22T05:00:00Z

Many online applauded the piece that Banksy called “Valentine’s Day Mascara” for championing the issue of domestic abuse on a day normally reserved for celebrating romantic relationships. Banksy unveiled Valentine’s Day street art. A local council dismantled it. 2023-02-15T05:00:00Z

The success couldn’t be sustained, however, and according to the brewery, “Seeing as the club doesn’t quite always perform like a champion, it was decided to change the name” to Cuvée Saint-Gilloise. Beer of the Week: Cantillon’s Cuvée Saint-Gilloise 2016-10-23T04:00:00Z

Wright, who championed such organic architecture, devised many of his most famous works, including Fallingwater and the Guggenheim Museum, at this Spring Green, Wisconsin, estate. Restoring the Gardens at Frank Lloyd Wright’s Taliesin 2015-06-11T04:00:00Z

Now in its eighth year, the prize was created to "reward and champion new and emerging talent in children's writing". Mackenzie Crook up for book award 2012-02-08T01:51:38Z

Ralph Waldo Emerson, Henry David Thoreau and Walt Whitman are said to be among his champions. How Accurate Was ‘The Good Lord Bird’? 2020-11-16T05:00:00Z

Dickie never appeared onscreen in “The Sopranos,” but in the movie he takes on crucial twinned roles as Tony’s champion and as a progenitor of the violent, emotionally addled mobster Tony later becomes. ‘The Many Saints of Newark’ Review: The Best Really Is Over 2021-09-29T04:00:00Z

I was pleasantly surprised to learn that you are a pilot, that you are a champion golfer, and that you were an early investor in a little company called Starbucks. Kenny G on his new doc & not paying attention to critics: "Miles Davis liked what I was doing" 2021-12-02T05:00:00Z

Will his fans believe him, for instance, if he champions a “Dark Knight” movie? Critic’s Notebook: Chris Hardwick of Nerdist Industries 2012-08-20T22:05:41Z

For sheer fake-cinema heft, the unsurprising champion may be David Foster Wallace. ArtsBeat: Movies That Flicker Only on the Page 2012-06-15T19:19:28Z

Semenya is an incredibly powerful runner from South Africa, a two-time Olympic champion. Perspective | We celebrated Michael Phelps’s genetic differences. Why punish Caster Semenya for hers? 2019-05-02T04:00:00Z

“I believe it’s important to champion emerging artists and to form lasting relationships that nurture up-and-coming talent,” he wrote. Mentors Named for Rolex Arts Initiative 2020-02-08T05:00:00Z

In the 1960s, Mr. Senghor helped foster the Negritude library movement that championed the idea of a shared identity among Africans across the world. Senegal’s Museum of Black Civilizations Welcomes Some Treasures Home 2019-01-15T05:00:00Z

Mr. Rogers was a champion of sustainability — his National Assembly Building in Cardiff, Wales, which looks like a buoyant, redwood spaceship, halved the Welsh Parliament’s energy use. Richard Rogers, Architect Behind Landmark Pompidou Center, Dies at 88 2021-12-18T05:00:00Z

This documentary follows three Republican congressmen who have tried to champion that mission: Rep. Matt Gaetz of Florida, Rep. Thomas Massie of Kentucky and Rep. Ken Buck of Colorado. What’s on TV Tuesday: ‘John Lewis: Celebrating a Hero’ and a Timely Documentary 2020-08-04T04:00:00Z

She’s the daughter of an unambitious white father and a strident, emotionally unavailable mother from Jamaica who’s determined to get her degree and champion the cause of social justice. ‘Swing Time’: Zadie Smith’s sweeping novel about friendship, race and class 2016-11-09T05:00:00Z

Vogel, who created the work with Taichman, wants to capture the ardor of theater people who champion art more farsighted than their own age. 'Indecent' is a moving reminder of art's power to expose truths 2015-11-30T05:00:00Z

They include shadow cabinet minister Rachel Reeves, the former British girls under-14 chess champion. Chess chat show comes to BBC Radio 4 2013-12-18T11:44:59Z

His Ip is played impassively – the point of rigor mortis, virtually – by Wong's regular collaborator Tony Leung, as a modest champion of "southern" martial artists against in their struggle for technical supremacy with the "northerners". The Grandmaster - review 2013-02-08T00:59:36Z

Some industry insiders said Cannes' decision to invite Luhrmann to open was a concession indicative of the cozy ties between Tinseltown and the French festival that champions eclectic, low-budget movies while also courting Hollywood. Cannes ditches austerity with Great Gatsby film launch 2013-05-15T15:21:33Z

But at the height of the Cold War, the open-faced young American in red, white and blue quickly drew attention with his strong challenge to the Soviet defending champion, Nikolai Avilov. The forgotten history of Bruce Jenner: How the all-American hero of the 1970s ended up here 2015-02-04T05:00:00Z

Now that Ali had become champion, boxing, Cannon feared, had reached its nadir. “They’ve got to kill me. They can’t afford to let me live”: Inside the amazing friendship between Muhammad Ali and Malcolm X 2016-03-20T04:00:00Z

At the age of 86, he is still fighting for government transparency and championing whistleblowers, including Edward Snowden. Meryl Streep's newfound politicisation fires up timely drama The Post 2018-01-09T05:00:00Z

The competition lasts three weeks, with each winemaker moving forward to the next round until a champion is crowned. Iron Vintners will pour it on for a good cause one final time 2014-05-07T04:00:00Z

An entirely predictable, mostly honorable movie, “McFarland, USA” tells the story of a washed-up coach who turns a bunch of misfits into a team of champions. Review: In ‘McFarland, USA,’ Kevin Costner Coaches Cross-Country Runners 2015-02-19T05:00:00Z

The tennis champion Billie Jean King, who once visited her studio, commented on the strength of Ms. Steir’s backhand. Pat Steir Gets Discovered, Again 2019-01-18T05:00:00Z

Dodgson's seven piano sonatas have been championed and recorded by Bernard Roberts, and his eight string quartets likewise by the Tippett String Quartet. Stephen Dodgson obituary 2013-04-15T15:52:17Z

As a loud-and-proud champion of the Richard Curtis epic — which tells nine interwoven stories over 2 hours 16 minutes — Matthews has a high tolerance for its fanciful sentimentality. Chris Matthews is America’s greatest champion of ‘Love Actually.’ So we watched it with him. 2016-12-21T05:00:00Z

It’s also that, after years of training, both are champions in that most male of sports: wrestling. Geeta and Babita Phogat: ‘Our father taught us never to be scared' 2017-01-21T05:00:00Z

The Village Voice, where I was third-string film critic, was a particular champion. Cursed Films, Blessed on Blu-ray 2016-05-13T04:00:00Z

As Queen so starkly reminded us, in their opening set, “No time for losers, ’cause we are the champions.” Should the Oscars Survive? 2019-02-25T05:00:00Z

My sentiments were not unique, however, as they were crowned champion and won nearly $20k. 2010-01-20T20:13:00Z

The combination of money troubles and a prophetic dream from his wife caused Foreman to abandon retirement and return to boxing, where he became the oldest heavyweight champion in history. Why "Big George Forman" star Khris Davis refused to wear a fat suit 2023-04-29T04:00:00Z

James Baldwin’s passport and Muhammad Ali’s boxing gloves The museum celebrates the achievements of Baldwin, the acclaimed novelist, and Ali, the three-time world heavyweight champion. The National Museum of African American History and Culture 2016-09-15T04:00:00Z

Betty Freeman, L.A.'s great champion of new music, picked up Adès at the airport on his first visit in the 1990s. Composer Thomas Adès devotes his downtime in L.A. to ... rehearsing 2015-09-04T04:00:00Z

Third Place: Kelly Monaco was the first Dancing with the Stars champion, but she won’t be able to take home the trophy again. Dancing with the Stars Results Watch: Who Is the New Winner? 2012-11-28T13:30:05Z

This makes the Impac – with a pot of €100,000, the world's richest book award – traditionally a champion of titles and writers which might otherwise struggle to be seen. Impac prize shortlist fails fiction in translation 2011-04-12T16:11:04Z

The series is fiction, but there is a real pioneering chess champion named Nona Gaprindashvili, the first woman to be named a grandmaster. A Chess Pioneer Sues, Saying She Was Slighted in ‘The Queen’s Gambit’ 2021-09-16T04:00:00Z

The opera was mostly a private venture, but the museums belong to the principality, where lately Princess Caroline, a longtime champion of culture, has settled again and is making the arts a priority. Abroad: The Arts Become Monaco?s Newest Luxury Goods 2010-10-13T14:32:00Z

Michael Olajide Jr., a former middleweight boxing champion, leading a class at the Aerospace High Performance Center in the West Village. Urban Athlete: Fitness Boxing in the West Village 2012-05-17T20:44:32Z

So the Colonials should have not only the talent but also the size to repeat as the Atlantic 10 champions. Local colleges promise exciting hoops action 2015-12-02T05:00:00Z

One result: A wide range of African-American leaders championed tougher penalties for drug crimes and gun possession in the 1970s, ’80s and ’90s. ‘Locking Up Our Own,’ What Led to Mass Incarceration of Black Men 2017-04-11T04:00:00Z

State Sen. David Koehler, a Peoria Democrat who championed the civil union legislation, has yet to say how how he would vote on gay marriage legislation. Illinois push begins for gay marriage, amid much skepticism 2012-02-21T13:27:00Z

And she is doing everything she can to champion others who may not feel able to speak up for themselves. What if There Were One Less Thing to Worry About Online? 2022-06-13T04:00:00Z

Simba would end up becoming a champion fighter in an arena, earning the nickname “The Lion King,” much to the delight of the “humanimal” spectators. Inside Julie Taymor's Creative Process 2015-10-08T04:00:00Z

Confessions of a Mother Who Couldn’t Say ‘No’ When my first child was an infant, the doula handed me an article that championed benign neglect. Motherlode Blog: Confessions of a Mother Who Couldn’t Say ‘No’ 2013-07-26T14:04:06Z

Nonetheless, it was Reagan, the champion of the right, who gave Bush his final boost. 'Destiny and Power' sheds light on George H.W. Bush and the country we've become 2015-12-09T05:00:00Z

See, pageants have always championed sisterhood, whether they were held for a social cause or for entertainment purposes. "How to Fix a Pageant" director on 2022 Miss USA scandal: "It was clear something was not right" 2023-09-30T04:00:00Z

“Modern Family” was championed by ABC’s president of entertainment, Stephen McPherson, who hastily exited last month. A ?Family? Celebration at the Emmys 2010-08-30T19:54:00Z

That's left theater critics wondering where the line is between becoming patsies of producers or champions for consumers. Reviews of 'Spider-Man' musical draw backers' ire 2011-02-08T07:02:08Z

Publishers were toffs, booksellers trade, and printers the artisan champions of liberty. The transformation of publishing 2012-11-09T22:54:01Z

Still, it's a risky proposition to rely on the non-US markets to champion a western. Despicable Me 2 is the star as The Lone Ranger heads for last-chance saloon 2013-07-08T14:02:27Z

“When he was championing ‘Shall I die,’ everybody said, ‘But this sucks! If it’s Shakespeare, it’s supposed to be good, and this is aesthetically bad.’ The Radical Argument of the New Oxford Shakespeare 2017-02-19T05:00:00Z

While he is considered the current welterweight champion, an interim champion was determined in a fight in February because Mr. St-Pierre was not able to defend his title because of an injury. Mixed Martial Arts Catches On With the Internet Generation 2012-03-22T09:05:41Z

At home, she said: “I’m the minister of health and education. He’s more in charge of finance and design.” a tireless champion of living large, the extrovert to her introvert. Paging Dr. Samantha Boardman, for My Mental Health 2021-08-05T04:00:00Z

Enwezor’s death, lamented by so many of the artists he championed, echoes the exhibition’s broader theme of Black grief. Some of America’s best Black artists are joining forces for a show about Black grief — conceived by a legendary curator who died last year 2020-10-05T04:00:00Z

The future French champion Yannick Noah contends with a sprained ankle. ‘The French’ Review: A Candid Look at the French Open 2021-06-17T04:00:00Z

“One is community. They championed the notion of ‘shop local’ and ‘Small Business Saturday.’ Shakespeare and Company Is Coming Back to the West Side and the Village 2018-03-13T04:00:00Z

The city was governed by social democrats, who championed social and economic experiments, including the stream of public information campaigns produced by Neurath’s team. Design: Universal Symbols That Tell the Story 2011-02-13T19:30:05Z

Jones’s mother is his champion, and though there’s a distance between them they struggle to resolve, they’re deeply connected — partly by their shared outsider status. The Power and Hurt of Growing Up Black and Gay 2019-10-08T04:00:00Z

And while he keeps his family's livelihood viable, he manages to become a spelling bee champion. "Little America" is a joyful roadtrip through the American dream in Apple TV+'s best series yet 2020-01-18T05:00:00Z

He was Cunningham’s artistic adviser from 1967 to 1980, designing a wide range of sets and costumes, and Johns remains a champion of the late choreographer. Glenstone’s connections to dance, now and on the horizon 2019-08-22T04:00:00Z

So, ladies and gentlemen of the jury, I give you one of the great champions of the underdog. Forever Rumpole by John Mortimer – review 2013-02-05T07:00:06Z

Blowin’ Up champions collaboration, whether it be behind the camera or in court. 'I see myself in them': the documentary that humanizes sex workers 2019-04-10T04:00:00Z

"Transparency" is the production theme this year, an idea being championed by series mastermind Simon Fuller. More changes on "American Idol" being considered 2010-12-08T03:49:00Z

The Packers will not repeat as world champions. Giants knock Packers out of playoffs 2012-01-16T00:56:00Z

Between these incongruent landmarks, he was renowned in France as a superior teenage athlete, a champion fencer of tremendous dexterity and speed. Concert brings to light forgotten works by 18th-century black composer 2017-01-29T05:00:00Z

The show is a natural choice for the Washington Stage Guild, the literary troupe whose house writer is the early Ibsen champion George Bernard Shaw. Review | In the comic ‘Resolving Hedda,’ the protagonist tries to actually live through the end of the play 2019-03-25T04:00:00Z

There are episodes about Mormon missionaries, faded champions, survivors and lovers. Hotel-based shows “Room 104″ and “The Guest Book” have limited staying power 2017-07-27T04:00:00Z

Early champions of the studio included decorators Mark Hampton and Bennett Weinstock. Real Talent 2014-10-21T04:00:00Z

As an opera star, he regularly spreads the gospel of Strauss, Debussy and Mozart, but he also wanted to champion the music of Black composers such as Robert Owens, Margaret Bonds and their successors. Review: Lawrence Brownlee Makes Room for Black Composers 2023-03-24T04:00:00Z

"It's been such a blast," the champion figure skater said. Stars of the week 2010-05-26T03:58:00Z

Meanwhile, prominent figures like Spike Lee who had championed the film went silent, speaking volumes. ‘The Birth of a Nation,’ Nate Parker’s Heralded Film, Is Now Cloaked in Controversy 2016-08-17T04:00:00Z

Chastain has fought for pay equity in Hollywood, pushed for support of Planned Parenthood and used red-carpet and talk-show appearances to champion causes such as the women protesting repression in Iran. Jessica Chastain Returns to the Stage With Nothing to Prove 2023-02-22T05:00:00Z

Historically, she was definitely a disciple and a believer and a champion of his message. John Legend and the ‘Jesus Christ Superstar’ Cast on Faith and Musicals 2018-03-29T04:00:00Z

Then, they championed him for softening the image of an unloved force. Lip-synching Indonesia cop fired amid YouTube fame 2011-12-07T12:01:04Z

A study proclaims a newly named species the heavyweight champion of all dinosaurs, making the scary Tyrannosaurus rex look like a munchkin. Newly named dinosaur makes T. rex look tiny 2017-08-09T04:00:00Z

That's why they champion the people that actually speak to them the way they do. "Canceling is relative": Michael Che on his comedy boundaries & why he's not leaving "SNL" just yet 2022-06-18T04:00:00Z

The results might lend some support to an unorthodox theory, championed by Harvard neurologist Robert Moir, that amyloid is a defence against pathogenic microbes. Does our immune system hold the key to beating Alzheimer’s disease? 2019-03-03T05:00:00Z

Team, Brighton's champions of sample-shredding pop mania, are back with their third album. The Go! Team - Rolling Blackouts: Exclusive album stream 2011-01-25T15:29:01Z

Who also sees the opportunity for all of our communities to benefit from cultural programming, and when are they going to champion for us to really recover the way that we need to recover? Seattle Mayor Bruce Harrell on his plan for the arts, and local arts leaders on what the sector needs 2022-04-19T04:00:00Z

Gorostieta, a nonbeliever who champions religious freedom, is running a soap factory when the invitation comes. Movie Review: ‘For Greater Glory’ Traces Mexico’s Cristero War 2012-05-31T22:13:04Z

The show features eight stars, among them the Olympic skier Picabo Street, the actors Terry Crews and Dean Cain, and the World Wrestling Entertainment champion Eve Torres. Television Review: ‘Stars Earn Stripes’ on NBC, With Gen. Wesley Clark 2012-08-12T21:33:26Z

California native and 11-time champion Joey "Jaws" Chestnut ate 71 hotdogs to clinch the coveted Mustard Belt on New York's Coney Island boardwalk. Joey Chestnut, Miki Sudo clinch victory in Nathan’s Hot Dog Eating Contest 2019-07-04T04:00:00Z

From there it was championed by producer Sonia Friedman, who took it to the West End, where it won glowing reviews and nightly standing ovations. The Mountaintop is surprise winner at Olivier awards 2010-03-21T22:00:00Z

While Ali, who died Friday at age 74, was a three-time boxing champion, his last fight was almost 35 years ago. Muhammad Ali remembered for boxing, following his principles 2016-06-08T04:00:00Z

The menu champions locally sourced ingredients, the wine list bursts with the region’s trademark Rieslings – and it’s all very good value. The best towns and small cities in the US: Ithaca, New York state 2018-11-20T05:00:00Z

Aden said she is content being a champion for diversity in the modeling industry, but in the future she hopes to return to Kakuma to work with refugee children. From refugee camp to runway, hijab-wearing model breaks barriers 2017-09-11T04:00:00Z

White liberals failed because they championed, or were associated with, civil rights. Steps in the Left Direction 2022-11-04T04:00:00Z

Seven years later, Mr. Tyson bit Evander Holyfield’s ear in a heavyweight champion bout — hardly a proud moment for the sport. Mixed Martial Arts Catches On With the Internet Generation 2012-03-14T21:49:31Z

He was deeply affected when Isabella Blow, the eccentric stylist who discovered and championed him, committed suicide in 2007, and he was said to be devastated by the death of his mother on Feb. 2. 2010-02-11T19:32:00Z

He moved beyond his ’60s triumphs to record more than two dozen albums, act in movies, champion environmental education and perform in 1993 at the first inauguration of President Bill Clinton. Richie Havens, Guitarist and Singer, Dies at 72 2013-04-23T02:06:59Z

If there is a sense of wish fulfillment, of darkness denied and champions triumphant, it only makes it more bittersweet to leave. Lev Grossman's 'The Magician's Land' closes the book 2014-08-07T04:00:00Z

Plenty of filmmakers spurn slam-bang action sequences, but none would champion the outright inaction of “Snooze-a-Thon,” clearly a metaphor for our lazy, indulgent times. Critic’s Notebook: Sprout Channel’s ‘Snooze-a-Thon’ on Christmas Eve 2012-12-23T22:47:32Z

Sometimes presented by politicians, celebrities, sports champions and everyday heroes, the lists—more than 4,600 of them—became Letterman’s signature bit. David Letterman's Top 10 'Late Night' and 'Late Show' Moments 2015-05-15T04:00:00Z

In fact, Ms. Gaprindashvili had played against many male champions over the course of her career, including before the episode in question took place. A Chess Champion Resolves Her ‘Queens Gambit’ Lawsuit Against Netflix 2022-09-06T04:00:00Z

Ms. Topol said her goals for Rattlestick include championing new, innovative plays, forging connections with theaters outside New York, and developing the theater’s educational programs. Rattlestick Names Daniella Topol Artistic Director 2016-05-08T04:00:00Z

Seven years before that, it was the “Pop the Cap” law, which was championed by the Coast Brewing Co. co-owner Jaime Tenney, and fundamentally changed the business model for beer here. In Charleston, Beer Gets Its Own Neighborhood 2018-04-25T04:00:00Z

Throughout her career Ms. Collins has been an unwavering Guthrie champion and steadfast liberal. Music Review: Judy Collins at Café Carlyle 2012-09-13T22:28:23Z

She needs to be given the opportunity to exercise the kind of tolerance that she would no doubt champion, in a different context. Perspective | Ask Amy: Female friend constantly confronts man about his privilege 2018-05-29T04:00:00Z

The younger Mr. Donleavy began boxing at the New York Athletic Club in his teens and was told he had the makings of a middleweight champion. J.P. Donleavy, Acclaimed Author of ‘The Ginger Man,’ Dies at 91 2017-09-13T04:00:00Z

The museum, at Columbus Circle, champions contemporary craftsmanship and innovation in the field. Christopher Scoates Is New Director for Museum of Arts and Design 2018-03-29T04:00:00Z

I was sitting at a packed screening of "Birds of Prey" and championing what I referred to at the time as director Cathy Yan's "feminine mayhem." This was the year of not watching any Oscar bait ... but hey, at least "Eurovision" was fun 2021-03-16T04:00:00Z

The reopening of the Star Wars narrative gave the people a new champion in BB-8, a roly-poly droid prone to slapstick humor and fits of cuteness. Unseen on screen: the secret movie cameos you might not know about 2018-05-25T04:00:00Z

Lightning begins to realize that maybe he really is too old to be a champion on the track anymore — so what’s next? Review: In ‘Cars 3,’ Lightning McQueen Faces an Existential Crisis 2017-06-14T04:00:00Z

He was also a champion for lesser-known, emerging artists, particularly in the Chicano community — at his last printing workshop, Los Angeles' Modern Multiples, he would regularly take young talents under his wing. Printmaker Richard Duardo made his art — and others' — pop 2015-07-03T04:00:00Z

A duet between James and the champion dancer Ali Doughty is curious. Trinity Irish Dance Company Review: Those Flashing, Percussive Feet 2022-03-16T04:00:00Z

He was a champion of imagination in the theater and tried never to rely on technology to give his shows pop, preferring canvas to LEDs. Towering Broadway director and producer Hal Prince dead 2019-07-31T04:00:00Z

Where his St. Louis is concerned, Nelly still caters to the hometown fans who, for years, championed him. Rapper Nelly moves forward in life by giving back 2010-12-23T20:59:04Z

“I took that hit like Pacquiao,” Rock said, referring to the former boxing champion. Chris Rock Mocks Will Smith in Live Netflix Special, Addressing Oscars Slap 2023-03-05T05:00:00Z

Schwarzenegger, strategists note, was already well known in the state as a champion of after-school programs, and had a history of civic engagement, having served as chair of President George H.W. Celebrity politicians test voter interest in post-Trump era 2021-05-02T04:00:00Z

Often all they need is a champion to bring it out. Gordon Behind Bars: the task he faces 2012-06-27T10:54:30Z

The academy boasts that it has trained five national champions this year, but over the past five years it has also lost a handful of boxers to fighting in Syria for the Islamic State. In Brussels, Art Museum Brings Hope to Muslim Neighborhood of Molenbeek 2016-05-31T04:00:00Z

In spite of the format’s growing pains, I remain a champion of it. Watch Movies in 4DX and You’ll Get an Education in Filmmaking 2020-01-17T05:00:00Z

He would be their star, their champion, deploying a brassy, fearless persona to conduct cutthroat negotiations and impassioned publicity campaigns. Violence. Threats. Begging. Harvey Weinstein’s 30-year pattern of abuse in Hollywood. 2017-10-14T04:00:00Z

And while she champions the “living spirit” of the late 1960s, she was not so mesmerized as to ignore that “all the world around me was dying.” Review | Rickie Lee Jones offers a raw and roving account of her life in ‘Last Chance Texaco’ 2021-04-12T04:00:00Z

On this day, at least for feminists mourning their most reliable champion on the Supreme Court, “maximum danger” might be an understatement. There are many Gloria Steinems in ‘The Glorias.’ One of them was my boss. 2020-09-28T04:00:00Z

But you can’t help being disappointed that this show championing equality still denies it to half the population. Review: A ‘Rudolph’ for Inclusion (at Least if You’re a Guy) 2016-12-08T05:00:00Z

Coventry, though, will hope that the installation of former world champion Gary Havelock as manager will signal a change in fortunes, after failing to even reach the play-offs last time around. TV highlights 27/03/2013 2013-03-27T07:00:11Z

Joshua Safran is a nationally recognized champion for women’s rights, whose advocacy was featured in the award-winning documentary “Crime After Crime.” I had it in me to kill him 2013-09-14T20:00:00Z

Still, describing Mr. Hanick as a contemporary-music champion can suggest that he is a specialist rather than a connected young artist with a natural curiosity about new music. Conor Hanick Plays Contemporary Work at Keyboard Institute 2014-07-22T04:00:00Z

One of the principal objectives of Wu's new Office of Food Justice is to begin implementing the Good Food Purchasing Program, which Wu championed as a City Councilor. Is Michelle Wu America’s food justice mayor? 2022-04-10T04:00:00Z

Mr. Rickles was soon being championed by Sinatra, Dean Martin and the other members of the show business circle known as the Rat Pack. Don Rickles, Equal Opportunity Offender of Comedy, Dies at 90 2017-04-06T04:00:00Z

Sitman said he saw an irony in being sued by a group that has been a prominent champion of free speech on campus. Conservative Group Withdraws Lawsuit Against Left-Wing Podcast 2023-07-12T04:00:00Z

It is clear from White’s essays and interviews that she views the collector who brings antiquities into public view as a kind of champion of expanded understanding. At the Met, She Holds Court. At Home, She Held 71 Looted Antiquities. 2023-07-17T04:00:00Z

Still, why does classical music, far more than any other performing art, need “champions” for contemporary work? Just Why Does New Music Need Champions? 2016-11-04T04:00:00Z

Feel free to aggressively champion them again in the comments. Readers respond: cinema's best unexpected villains 2011-04-14T12:01:00Z

He also runs festivals, is artistic director of the International Musicians’ Seminar in Cornwall and champions music he regards as underrated. String fellow 2016-10-20T04:00:00Z

She has already taken on an unofficial role as a champion of the British fashion industry, wearing the creations of British designers at home and abroad, showcasing their work in the best possible light. Quiet birthday for Kate Middleton as she turns 30 2012-01-08T14:38:09Z

Margaret Thatcher, a champion of conservative values, always wore skirts, but Hillary Clinton and Angela Merkel are rarely seen in them. On the World's Oldest Trousers 2014-06-06T04:00:00Z

Buffy was a social outcast to her peers, but her quick-wit, vulnerability and expertise in killing vampires made her a champion for us underdogs. Your First Crush 2013-07-10T15:42:09Z

Panama City, home of a new international film festival championing Latin American cinema. Festival radar: International Film Festival of Panama 2013-05-10T11:35:45Z

And Fowle has championed the museum getting its own website — scheduled for June — so that it no longer shares one with the Museum of Modern Art, with which it merged in 2000. New MoMA PS1 Director Leans Into Social Justice and Reaches Out to Long Island City 2022-04-08T04:00:00Z

What I do is champion, demystify and describe the composers, works and artists I admire, and, as appropriate, puncture inflated reputations. The Greatest 2011-01-07T16:04:57Z

The champion speaker and powerful writer had a weakness in spelling. 10 things you may not know about Abraham Lincoln 2018-02-09T05:00:00Z

Show me a comedian that champions every cause I believe in and I’ll show you a show that I’d pay to avoid. In "Sticks & Stones," Dave Chappelle refuses to change for critics 2019-08-27T04:00:00Z

He then became a champion of European unity. Why American Pragmatists Saved Postwar Europe 2018-04-13T04:00:00Z

Botstein’s enthusiasm for a score he has long championed came through — sometimes too much. Review: To a Rare King Arthur Opera, Bard Says ‘Welcome Back’ 2021-07-26T04:00:00Z

“I am the world’s forgotten boy,” Iggy sneered in 1973, instantly making himself a champion to all contemporaneous weirdos and every iteration of punk to come. Perspective | Can Iggy Pop hear the future? 2019-09-11T04:00:00Z

These women deserve champions to bring them to larger audiences. Finding Art Miles Away From the Expected 2021-02-23T05:00:00Z

The earliest of the three projects is a collaboration with one of her champions, the conductor James Levine, drawn from live performances with the Berlin Philharmonic. Jessye Norman Rejected These Recordings. Should They Be Released? 2023-02-23T05:00:00Z

It’s helped her considerably that she’s been championed by some friends in high places. Rebecca Black doesn’t suck anymore 2013-06-11T14:28:00Z