11.   Hikaru Matsunaga, the finance minister, announced that the government was embracing the plan shortly after it was approved Thursday by a task force.

12.   However, the White House and Congress called for changes before they would embrace the plan.

13.   House Republicans generally have not embraced the plan.

14.   Not all schools are embracing the plans.

15.   Nonetheless, New England Electric and other utilities embraced the plan, partly because the pollution cuts are likely to cost less than some had feared.

16.   Officials in the state capital, Jefferson City, have embraced the plan as a welfare reform experiment with promise and say the Sedalia program could spread soon.

17.   Once again, we urge the mayor to embrace the plan instead of resisting it.

18.   Paul Krell, a UAW spokesman in Detroit, was cautious in embracing the plan.

19.   Sporting groups and lawmakers have joined the Interior Department in embracing the plan, but conservation groups are reserving judgment.

20.   That shift has required the company to embrace a plan of action in which corporate cost-cutting is as important as rapid expansion.