"In the degree of welcome and receptivity we see, I would certainly put Arizona at the top," said Robert Carey, a vice president at the International Rescue Committee, which resettles refugees in a dozen states.
The famous sons of rich and famous boxing fathers fight under a hefty burden of expectation and, with the exception of Eubank, do so with a degree of welcome anonymity.
David Kramer of Freedom House, a campaigning think-tank, says that a degree of uncertainty is welcome: "It's good if bad people think they're on the list".
While the added degree of freedom is welcome, the fact that it's using computer-generated graphics might not be appealing to a wide majority of the fans.
Responding to this demand, a rash of new travel comparison websites have appeared to help build "dynamic packages", and offer a welcome degree of consumer protection.
But Mr. Kriegenburg also deals cogently with the gods' plight and, abetted by Andrea Schraad's stylish costumes, invests them with a welcome degree of dignity.
Shorn of most of the "Golden Generation", the team certainly appeared more likable, while the measured, unflappable Roy Hodgson brought a welcome degree of moderation to the circus.
Writing in the Yorkshire Post, Mr Hollis said: "We witnessed an unusual but very welcome degree of co-operation and support from our partners in the criminal justice system.
Direct dialogue between the crowd and the players provides a welcome degree of accountability but the unwillingness of some fans to accept basic sporting realities – like their team simply not being very good, for example – is indeed worrying.
And because Boll & Branch will need the cotton to keep coming, it has begun giving Chetna farmers cash advances, injecting a welcome degree of financial stability into an often volatile occupation.
A greater degree of nuance would be welcome at times, but her involved, sometimes impetuous delivery has an emotional thrust, and there were some lovely moments, such as her cry "Die Wahrheit" ("The truth"), which was prefaced by a telling pause.
