31.   The closely watched vote, the first of its kind since California voters approved a similar ballot initiative last year, had national implications.

32.   The idea now is to get back on the ladder and forget about national implications.

33.   The move has potentially national implications for the regulation of day trading.

34.   The slippage has national implications, given that one in every nine public-school children in the United States is enrolled in California.

35.   The Sugar Bowl will have Florida against Miami in a state rivalry with national implications.

36.   Their ruling has national implications because this is how many states help fund legal aide in civil cases for the indigent.

37.   These are questions with national implications.

38.   These issues figure in a Michigan court case that may have national implications for assisted living.

39.   While the agreement is with a single state, other provisions also have national implications.

40.   But Salman Khursheed, a Congress leader, claimed the results had national implications.