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She campaigned against London's candidacy for the 2012 Olympics on the basis that Paris is more deserving, due to the volume of sporting facilities in the city, but has actively promoted sport in schools and is involved in gun politics in the UK.
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She was herself very active in the movement, and had campaigned for equality and the acceptance of women as preachers.
She campaigned during her husband's unsuccessful 1978 run for the United States Congress and later his successful Texas gubernatorial campaign.
On October 29, 2006, Judd appeared at a " Women for Ford " event for Democratic Tennessee Senate candidate Harold Ford, Jr. She has also campaigned extensively locally and nationally for a variety of Democratic candidates, including President Barack Obama in critical swing states.
She campaigned unstintingly for her oldest son's inheritance, living to see him ascend the throne of England in 1154.
She also wants to reintroduce customs borders and has campaigned against allowing dual citizenship.
She distributed silk poppies to her peers and campaigned to have it adopted as an official symbol of remembrance by the American Legion.
She has since campaigned for Italian law to be changed to allow all children to take their mother's last name if they wish so.
She promised voters that she would be a traditional first lady and campaigned actively for her husband.
In 2003, after the release of their video of " All The Things She Said ", UK presenters had campaigned to ban the video worldwide.
She campaigned on family values and her opposition to abortion, contraception and divorce along with a Eurosceptic line on the EU.
She was an early advocate of women's rights, and campaigned for better education for women.
She campaigned alone on his behalf in 41 states.
She nevertheless campaigned for Goldwater in the general election, appearing in a television ad in which she defended his position on Social Security.
She has also been involved in anti-nuclear activities and campaigned against the restarting of the High Flux Beam Reactor ( HFBR ) located at the Brookhaven National Laboratory. In February 2007, Brinkley had emergency back surgery to correct a herniated disc that occurred after a ski trip in Aspen, Colorado in December 2006.
She campaigned for Texas liberals and progressives such as Henry B. Gonzalez, Ralph Yarborough, and future U. S. District Judge Sarah T. Hughes.
She also campaigned publicly for President Obama in her home state of Indiana and participates in the Smart Talk Lecture Series.
She campaigned for equality and integration for black people, making public speeches and addressing issues of abolition and other reforms.
She firmly supported President George W. Bush's invasion of Iraq, and campaigned for Bush in the contiguous United States.
She is an out lesbian and in 2006, she publicly campaigned against a proposed amendment to the Minnesota Constitution to prohibit any legal recognition of marriages or civil unions between members of the same sex.
She also campaigned for George McGovern in his unsuccessful bid to prevent Nixon's 1972 reelection, and called for Nixon's ouster from office during the Watergate scandal.
She has campaigned on behalf of the American Civil Liberties Union ( ACLU ), an organization her family strongly supports.
She campaigned for her husband in his successful congressional campaigns of 1946 and 1948.
She received important endorsements from US Senators Mary Landrieu of Louisiana and Debbie Stabenow of Michigan, along with many others in Washington who campaigned and raised money for Majette.
She doubled her majority in the 2001 election, having successfully campaigned for Objective One status for Cornwall, for the National Minimum Wage Act 1998, and for a university in Cornwall.
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She came down against him, and he tried to break her fall.
She was ready to kill the beef, dress it out, and with vegetables from her garden was going to can soup, broth, hash, and stew against the winter.
She asked, taking him and Juanita into the parlor where the shutters were closed against the afternoon sun.
She puffed on the cigarette slowly, sitting slumped against the back seat ; ;
She leaned unconcerned against the broken porch fence, brushing and drying her wet, gilded hair in the sun.
She collapsed against me, as if everything inside her snapped.
She would not stop to read them in American Express, as many were doing, sitting on benches or leaning against the walls, but pushed her way out into the street.
" She also called for a sweeping reform of tax and customs administration, the creation of a " strong and independent judicial system " as well as a tough fight against government corruption.
She begs the moon god Nanna to intercede for her because the city of Uruk, under the ruler Lugalanne, has rebelled against Sargon.
She contested the seat of Burnley in Lancashire in the 1979 general election and then, against David Owen, the Plymouth Devonport seat in the 1983 general election.
She has advocated for stricter gun control laws and gay rights, and voted against California's Proposition 8 during the 2008 elections.
She is employing a rhetorical strategy by writing against the grain of her meaning, also known as antiphrasis.
She tried to flee, but he coiled around her legs and held her arms tightly against her sides as he raped her.
She was later released and after returning to San Francisco spoke out against deprograming but declined to press legal charges against her parents.
She was held against her will and repeatedly raped.
She had been accused of crimes against the Republic, most notably possessing stolen items.
She was imprisoned between 1173 and 1189 for supporting her son Henry's revolt against her husband.
She thinks Ash murdered her parents at first, but when the evil spirits unleash against them, she realizes the truth and finds out her only way to survive is to help Ash defeat the spirits.
She also won the brilliancy prize for her game against Pavlina Angelova.
She appeared headed for a first place victory in the tournament, but lost her game against compatriot Péter Lékó.
She scored 4½ out of 6 in a double round-robin tournament that included two wins against the world's top-rated player, Veselin Topalov.
She has stated preferring to learn an opponent's style so she can play intentionally against him rather than playing " objective " chess.
She supported artistic director James Kudelka against principal dancer Kimberley Glasco in a wrongful dismissal suit.
She ordered or commanded successful expeditions against Ferrara ( 1101 ), Parma ( 1104 ), Prato ( 1107 ) and Mantua ( 1114 ).
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