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Designed for utility, the style was embraced at the turn of the 20th century by legions of young women who preferred its hiked hemline and unfettered curves to the confining, street-sweeping dresses that had hobbled their mothers and aunts.

As the Philippine president, Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, was embraced at the World Economic Forum in New York as a standout leader willing to accept American troops to fight terrorists, influential critics at home persisted over the weekend in asking what the Americans would really be doing.

They were embraced at an early age because their story has a definite tinge of rags to riches.

That, fortunately, seems to be dying off rapidly, and instead it's being embraced at all levels.

It is often only after an artist becomes what the Chinese call "gold-plated" abroad that he or she is embraced at home, sometimes even by the Party.

Scottish Football Association chief executive Stewart Regan is cautiously optimistic that much-needed change will be embraced at their annual general meeting.

Public investment in child care often makes a great deal of sense also, and this has been embraced, at least on paper, by the current government in Japan.

"Nihilism has been embraced at the former ministry of football, especially now that the club has discovered that it yields results".

Smith is an unlikely ambassador for a trainer that has sold more than 30 million pairs worldwide and been embraced at diverse times by punks, casuals, Britpop and hip-hop.

He began to hear rhythm-and-blues songs with a danceable beat: music that would be embraced at gay dance clubs like the Firehouse and the Loft, and that would later be categorized as disco.

The linchpin for success requires top management to mandate that each employee will ensure that code compliance is embraced at every level, from the plan review and construction phase, to the final issuance of the certificate of occupancy.