21.   The state is an autonomous actor, composed of public officials making Decisions.

22.   The state is in the teeth of the worst snowstorm in a Decade.

23.   The state is passive in the productive system, allowing private actors to operate in a relatively unconstrained manner.

24.   The state is virtually bankrupt.

25.   This state of affairs is not, I think, an aberration, but is inevitable in the structures of higher education.

26.   This state would be less ordered, and hence have more entropy, than the initial state of two separate boxes.

27.   Thus the state should be mainly a night watchman, a low-profile policeman who ensures the basic safety of every individual.

28.   To a certain extent, the deplorable state of manners is just another trendy morsel for public devouring.