Though it has so far welcomed Mr Dobson's moves, it has proved itself highly effective in resisting any encroachment on the medical profession's autonomy.
For this reason, Mr Bush's foreign-policy duo deserve to be treated with a wary respect rather than the hallelujahs that have so far welcomed them.*To mark his coming of age, The Economist calls on the world to dispense forthwith with George Bush's "W".
Many of the French towns, for example, asked to host some of the 24,000 asylum seekers France has pledged to accommodate – it has so far welcomed 130 – did not have the right kind of housing, Kléber Arhoul, the national refugee coordinator, told a parliamentary hearing in Paris.
Though Huawei's gear has been far more welcome in Britain than America (where it is not welcome at all), the committee's report struck a frostier tone.
Carbon-cutting will of course save money to avert other, far less welcome, cuts.
Far more welcome and enlightening was the performance of Gordon Brown at the London School of Economics later that morning.
So far, the Welcome's utility is limited: I know if someone's in my flat and can watch them.
Three of those motels have since been closed, but the Westhab shelter is still far from welcome in the community.
It is a more daunting undertaking for Flintoff, albeit a far more welcome one than his excursion into heavyweight boxing.
But severe winter storms, the worst to hit the Phoenix area in decades, provided a different sort of excitement, far less welcome, at the weeklong sales marathon this year.
