101.   Pataki deflected questions about whether the state would take the lead role in reconstruction.

102.   Recently, the California state Senate took up a resolution condemning promiscuity and violence in the entertainment media.

103.   Ribis said he believed that Mr. Whitman meant that the state would take away their casino licenses.

104.   Robin Hood law allows the state to take property tax revenues from wealthier districts and to redistribute them to poorer ones.

105.   Sharp state tax increases serve as but one example of how states have taken the lead in cracking down on the tobacco industry in recent years.

106.   Several other states have already taken similar measures, markedly increasing the return of funds to owners.

107.   Several lawsuits have recently been filed in California over the issue, and two other states have taken legal steps to assure women equal access to courses.

108.   She learned that if a district scored poorly enough on the MEAP, the state could take over its schools.

109.   She has proposed a swap in which states would take over all welfare programs and the federal government would handle all Medicare responsibilities.

110.   Serb state TV took a different tack, pretending that there was no strike.