11.   In the style of Rabin, Barak chose to welcome Arafat on Sunday by descending a stairway from the military compound building where he was waiting.

12.   It had been criticized as too low by many pharmacies and welcomed on Wall Street as too small to have any significant impact on drug company earnings.

13.   It seemed an appropriate note on which to welcome an American conductor back from abroad.

14.   Now Tufty welcomes anyone, unconditionally, the way he felt God welcomed him on the bathroom floor.

15.   On Friday they welcomed the demise of the bill.

16.   Sometimes offspring will leave for weeks or months or even a year and be recognized and welcomed on their return.

17.   Such a prospect means that fledgling Internet start-ups without profits may no longer be welcomed on Wall Street only a year or two after they were founded.

18.   That the sprite that is Cohen hit the best jumps but is still being welcomed on the world stage.

19.   That, in turn, would be welcomed on Wall Street.

20.   The changes were welcomed on both sides of the aisle on Capitol Hill.