11.   At the start of his term four years ago, when the state was facing serious financial problems, Bullock unsuccessfully proposed a state income tax.

12.   Advocates for the retarded say the state is facing a housing crisis of unusual proportions.

13.   After two years of studies, the Eastern states are facing federal pressure to solve air pollution problems that transcend regional boundaries.

14.   But also as a result of the growth, the state faces serious issues in everything from housing and schools to traffic and landfills, experts said.

15.   But industry and public officials were quick to caution that the state still faces summer blackouts and that many factors could send prices spiraling higher again.

16.   But other states could face major problems, said Greg Evans, director of the Center for the Study of Bioterrorism and Emerging Infections at Saint Louis University.

17.   But states face severe financial penalties if they flout the law, which is complex and ambiguous on many points.

18.   But paradoxical as it sounds, the state is facing something of a budget crisis in spite of having this huge fund.

19.   But the furniture was ordered after legislators were warned the state faces a huge budget deficit.

20.   But the state faces a tough balancing act.