111.   Whether or not the state Ethics Commission decides that taking the junket was prohibited, it was very clearly a bad plan.

112.   When states decide to cover prescription drugs, they must follow federal rules and may not arbitrarily exclude particular medicines.

113.   When it became clear that the measure would pass in a landslide, the state Massachusetts Legislature decided not to wait.

114.   With unemployment rising, some states have decided to exempt recipients in communities where the jobless rate exceeds a specified level.

115.   After an Israeli court rules on the case, the state will decide whether to compensate families of the employees.

116.   Because neither Bush nor former Vice President Al Gore had an electoral college majority without Florida, the state decided the winner of the race nationally.

117.   David Botkins, a spokesman for Attorney General Mark Earley, said the state had not decided whether to appeal.

118.   Each state also would decide whether to hold caucuses or primaries.

119.   It was not immediately clear why the state decided to reopen its investigation into the camp.

120.   Many Arab states have decided to boycott the meeting on grounds their attendance would reward Israel for what they see as its intransigent line toward the Palestinians.