The next Democratic senator to be elected was Bill Bradley, a sports superstar whom New Jerseyans proudly and eagerly embraced in 1978.

That lack of sophistication is, in essence, what the rat rod crowd proudly embraces.

"She was willingly and proudly embracing her own degradation, like a Christian on the cross," he writes of one of the Queen's followers.

Far from the bumptiousness and provincialism that country performers and fans sometimes proudly embrace this putative country singer's records make you feel multinational.

Residents of Wisconsin, and fans of the Green Bay Packers, proudly embrace the nickname "cheesehead."

Hometown politicians, journalists and citizens proudly embraced Gotham's new title: "The Second City of the World."

I look forward to a dialogue and also to that day when I proudly embrace you as a college graduate.

Overweight, he proudly embraces excess.

But that has not stopped many people from proudly embracing his decision.

Mr. Bush proudly embraced the Reagan mantle.