11.   Though only some of the recommendations were adopted by the White House, the president did embrace the balanced budget goal, working out a compromise with congressional Republicans.

12.   President embraces ex-wife at ANC conference.

13.   Afghan resistance leaders visited Ronald Reagan at the White House, and the former U.S. president embraced them as freedom fighters.

14.   The new president embraced them, shook hands with Clinton and Al Gore, the Democrat he defeated in the overtime election, and then turned to his parents.

15.   But playing all angles, the president has also embraced multilateralism as a means of deregulating international commerce to the advantage of US exporters.