1.   Heat and smoke buffeted him with welcoming arms as he entered the bar.

2.   Constance stood there in a simple white dress, and in the twilight she looked like a slim young girl holding out welcoming arms to her guest.

3.   Baltimore offered him not mocking fans, but welcoming arms.

4.   He is, quite simply, a treat to baseball cognoscenti and welcoming arms to the casual fans.

5.   In Tampa Bay, Ben Grieve was greeted Thursday with applause and welcoming arms.

6.   The hope comes across in the giddiness of her actors, who take to the material with welcoming arms.

7.   They encounter precious few welcoming arms elsewhere in society and Farrakhan is more than happy to receive them.

8.   Then came the welcoming arms of family, and even the cries and licks from Asi, the German shepherd.

9.   Manila is now welcoming arms merchants -- even Chinese ones -- to provide new materiel after Congress passed a military modernization law.