In a late night phone call to Mr. Lebed on Friday, Mr. Yeltsin cautiously embraced his latest peace effort, but also insisted that they could only proceed with the understanding that Chechnya would remain a part of Russia.

For now, students such as Ned Towle, a master's candidate in divinity, are cautiously embracing the news.

Brightspot coiled her tail and cautiously embraced Evan, while McCoy gave her an outraged look on Kirk's behalf.

Uncle Alex is a shock - he was supposed to be dead - and Elvin alternately resists and cautiously embraces the life lessons he's come to offer, many of which have to do with health.

The President cautiously embraced a proposal to require all gun owners to be licensed, but even as he did so he tried to give the momentum of bipartisanship to the plan, which could be a tough sell nationally.

Medical researchers and advocates of stem cell research cautiously embraced the president's decision, but many questioned Mr. Bush's statement that more than 60 stem cell lines existed.

Medical researchers and advocates of stem cell research to attack specific diseases cautiously embraced the president's decision, but they questioned whether the existing cell lines are adequate in number or sufficiently robust to serve the needs of American scientists.

A1 JERICHO'S DAY IN THE SUN Jericho became less bedraggled as residents cautiously embraced the idea of Palestinian rule and savored hopes that the West Bank town's fortunes might improve.

It's a role she embraces cautiously.

The wine growers cautiously embraced recommendations by a county task force that recently evaluated Napa's hillside ordinance.