21.   Joseph happily embraced the concept and his wife agreed, he said, at first.

22.   Large insurers have embraced the concept.

23.   Longevity seems to be a sin these days, with even Broadway embracing the concept.

24.   Neither McCaskey nor Edgar embraced the concept.

25.   Nonetheless, some small-government Republicans embrace the concept of studying racial profiling and defining the scope of the problem.

26.   Nor are environmental groups rushing to embrace the concept.

27.   Of course, no rational mind would embrace the concept of curses anyway.

28.   On the presidential campaign trail, both Bush and Vice President Al Gore have embraced the concept of religious groups administering government programs for the poor.

29.   Others have gone further, embracing New Age concepts and practices as ways of correcting what they consider the unduly cerebral and masculine emphases of their traditions.

30.   Over the last two years, the Clinton administration has embraced the concept of ecosystem management.