Of course people who are real conservatives, whatever their interests, would be, would be welcome to the party.

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"Imitation is the best form of flattery, so welcome to the party, " said Dariusz Paczuski, senior director of Tellme consumer services.

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"After years of trying to ignore the EU, Gordon Brown's recognition that Europe is key to economic recovery is welcome, " said the party's leader Nick Clegg.

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The general reader might welcome a little more discussion of what individual practitioners bring to the party.

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To see George W. Bush at the Republican convention call upon his party and class to welcome those different from themselves was exactlywhat Baltzell would have hoped for.

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Dawson said he would welcome it if the South Carolina Democratic Party decided to hold its primary on the same day.

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From him, a whole-hearted welcome would merely add to the suspicions of those in the Labour Party who assume that what is good for the Lib Dems cannot be good for them.

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The World Economic Forum had a welcome party on Tuesday night for new participants at the congress center, but that again did not extend to journalists.

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