11.   Before Kerzner was welcomed into the Bahamas, Prime Minister Hubert Ingraham talked to Mandela about him.

12.   A young Parisian is gradually welcomed into Gypsy society, but not before he is greeted by suspicions more familiarly aimed in the opposite direction.

13.   Albania was welcomed into the Partnership for Peace program, a training effort for poor countries that aspire to belong to NATO.

14.   But in the ensuing years, the party has done more to alienate women and ethnic minorities than to welcome them into the GOP tent.

15.   But none of the Harry Potter books have been welcomed into the fold of serious literature.

16.   For almost a month, the city embraced players and coaches, welcoming them into stores, restaurants and drinking establishments.

17.   Gov. Pedro Rossello refused to concede defeat and promised to continue his campaign to convince Congress that Puerto Rico should be welcomed into the union.

18.   He takes them on tours of town and welcomes them into his stately house, not far from the country roads where sugar trucks haul cane from smokey fields.

19.   He welcomed into the Catholic Church married Episcopal priests who were disillusioned with their own faith.

20.   He welcomes them into his office down the hall, where a bowl of candy greets them.