11.   Around the race track, the welcome mat also is a lot smaller than it once was.

12.   As they moved around the country, the Kenyons took along their welcome mat.

13.   Both auctioneers have been putting out the welcome mat for new buyers, in hopes they will give the market new momentum.

14.   A portal is a welcome mat to the Internet.

15.   All say the government has put out the welcome mat.

16.   Brown said he would not lay out the welcome mat for Phelps and his followers, but noted that officials would not try to stop the protest.

17.   But a string of dot-com failures and a rising tide of bad loans have made lenders roll up the welcome mat.

18.   Bush will unveil plans to provide prescription medicines for seniors and a welcome mat for immigrants.

19.   But image-conscious businesses might not want to share the welcome mat.

20.   But Lieberman, who supports quick congressional action, warned that the stumbling U.S. economy could lead Americans to pull up the welcome mat.