1 Farrakhan was a poor standard-bearer for the causes of African-Americans.

2 Mr Everhart wants Caltech to be the standard-bearer for excellence in scientific research of all kinds.

3 The 73-year-old Republican standard-bearer took time out of his busy campaign schedule last week to search for those roots.

4 He's a cultural icon, a standard-bearer for the dispossessed yet still proud black urban youth.

5 Sir Keith Joseph, the right's standard-bearer, blew it with an injudicious speech about the underclass.

6 The Soil Association, a standard-bearer for the organic movement, was disappointed by the agency paper.

7 Clinton is not Hubert Humphrey, the 1968 Democratic standard-bearer who believed the government could solve almost any problem.

8 Plato is the standard-bearer for the believers in discovery.

9 Having acted as the standard-bearer for New Zealand's women's team for the best part of 14 years, Maia Jackman's first FIFA Women's World Cup will now double as her international swansong.

10 An unlikely standard-bearer for the Republican party, McCain will offer a stiff test for the Democratic nominee.

11 Segura delegation from the standard-bearer in the hands of President Arias of Costa Rica took over the national flag.

12 Though regarded as America's leading standard-bearer for Keynesian economics, he called himself a "cafeteria Keynesian", just picking the bits he liked.

13 China's decision to rely on Confucius as the standard-bearer of its soft-power projection is an admission that communism lacks pulling power.

14 Utopia, which considers itself the standard-bearer of the Chinese "New Left"and espouses nationalist sentiments, is gathering signatures on an open letter denouncing GM crops.

15 No longer a candidate, or standard-bearer, or president-elect; finally sworn, the nation's 44th president speaks with new responsibility and authority.

16 He saw himself as standard-bearer for the pre-war Teutonic civilisation ruined by the Nazis, and he brought this civilisation to America as an enlightening service, something to benefit the natives.

17 The flag of each regiment was proudly carried in front by its sturdy standard-bearer.

18 The soldiers of the legion are vividly portrayed by three lifesize figures - a centurion, a standard-bearer and a legionary.

19 There is a growing force looking for a way to take their country back starting in November, and in Kentucky, Rand has become the standard-bearer.

20 Li, who wears a rose tattoo on her chest, has been made the standard-bearer for tennis in her country since becoming the first Chinese to win a WTA tournament in 2004.

21 Face of new opportunities, we will develop, heritage and play a standard-bearer of silk culture, make our unremitting efforts to carry the Chinese silk culture forward.

1 Farrakhan was a poor standard-bearer for the causes of African-Americans.