1.   By the end of the last century, Americans had embraced the idea of the right to free public education for all children.

2.   Although Bush has not embraced the idea of excluding Arafat from any negotiations, he has placed most of the blame on the Palestinian leader for the continued violence.

3.   An increasing number of church leaders embrace the idea of making the Episcopal Church the first mainline Protestant denomination in the country to create such ceremonies.

4.   And some of these companies say employees are embracing the idea.

5.   And publishers are starting to embrace the idea of digital books for exactly that reason.

6.   And on the other end, the record business is slowly embracing the idea of digital music as more than a way to pirate good-sounding tunes.

7.   And what makes him think the players will embrace that idea?

8.   And when the Republicans embraced the idea, they did so partly because they realized that it would also stop Democrats from having big surpluses to finance new spending.

9.   Apparently, the networks are waiting for the next century before they embrace this idea of diversity in casting.

10.   Baseball, of course, embraced the idea.