101.   Chen slipped quietly into the Los Angeles area with no red carpet or government welcome mat.

102.   Clearly, Augusta National does not roll out the welcome mat for first-timers.

103.   Despite the controversy, there is little opposition among the residents of Manta, who have put out the welcome mat for American servicemen.

104.   Fear of foot-and-mouth disease has friendly Midwestern farmers pulling up their welcome mats.

105.   Germany has long been a beacon for economic refugees fleeing poverty, but the welcome mat is no longer out.

106.   In fact, it hardly ever is nowadays, when many four-year colleges and universities keep their welcome mat out all year.

107.   Iran, on the other hand, wants its Gulf neighbors to withdraw the welcome mat for U.S. military forces in the region.

108.   Last August, he withdrew the three-decade-old welcome mat for Cuban boat people and started detaining them at the Guantanamo Naval base.

109.   MONEY NO OBJECT New Zealanders have rolled out the welcome mat for Tiger Woods, and at a charity dinner several opened their wallets.

110.   Now, with rising unemployment and a plunging economy, the welcome mat has been yanked away.