On the trading floor, Erin was known for her brilliance, leadership, and fashion, embracing her power as a woman of influence.

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It's part of the process of embracing her changed physical self.

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She was also embracing her new community.

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We set out on our own during the late afternoon, ambling through yet another dry riverbed, and wound up at the top of a windswept peak at sunset: Lemarti and Boniface building a fire, Trzebinski embracing and whispering to her young daughter, Tacha, relaxed conversation, aperitifs on offer--and a communal sense of wonder.

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Recently widowed, Hilda is embracing the unique opportunity to help support herself and her son.

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As a mentor, a counselor and the founder of Women Embracing Abilities Now, she has drawn from the depth of her experience to empower women with disabilities and advocate passionately on their behalf.

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By the time the opposition Labour Party took power in 1997, its leader, Tony Blair, had forced his party to accept much of her legacy, dropping its commitment to nationalized industries and embracing free markets.

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Steel is embracing the e-book revolution--she recently announced that all 71 of her books would be digitally released on Amazon.com and the Sony eBook store.

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She knew that she could not hold him by the shoulders to lay him back against his pillows because of his pain there, so she kept her arms around his ribs and leaned him all the way down as if she were embracing him.

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