Word: champion
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...which means Coluche is no joke to France's political Establishment. No other candidate for the Elysée Palace, left or right, has excited such a public response. In nightly routines that have turned into informal campaign speeches, Coluche presents himself as the champion of voters alienated from politics-as-usual and dissatisfied with predictable contenders. "A vote for me is an idiot vote," says Coluche. "But a vote for any of them is an imbecile vote." Professional politicians fear that Coluche's listeners may agree with his message. Says a Gaullist presidential candidate, Marie-France Garaud...
Cotton Bowl, January 1, at Dallas: Meet the most overrated team in the country, 9-2 Alabama. Meet potential national champion 10-1 Baylor. Watch Bear Bryant cry into his hat, as Baylor pulls...
...Hale Champion, executive dean of the Kennedy School of Government and a former high ranking member of Carter's administration, said yesterday the conservative efforts to block busing "are just another illustration of the new environment in Congress," adding that the Republicans took good advantage of the general confusion on the Hill to begin their conservative program...
...There was no reason to wait until the new people actually showed up since everyone down there knows how things will be in a couple of months," Champion said...
...year-old Wimbledon champion and Aetna insurance company representative told an audience of 100 at the Law School that "We're doing ourselves a disservice by not becoming more involved in insurance...