31.   European states cannot decide whether to view young immigrants as a burden or a potential benefit to their aging societies.

32.   Essentially, the states would decide at what price they were willing to buy power and refuse to purchase once it tops that level.

33.   Executives at several major utilities in the region said they were relieved that the states had decided on a flexible approach.

34.   For example, under their plan, the states could decide to pay less for certain prescription drugs than is now mandated in more generous federal guidelines.

35.   For that reason, the state might decide that accepting the settlement is more palatable than proceeding largely on its own.

36.   He said states would decide what would be taught.

37.   He would do no more than toss the abortion issue back into the political fray, where states could decide for themselves whether to allow abortions.

38.   Hospitals would potentially be hardest hit if the state decides Harvard Pilgrim can pay only a fraction of past-due bills, industry executives said.

39.   If a state decided not to take that option, any of its districts could do so on its own.

40.   If the state decides to create magnet or regionalized schools, the first changes should begin in the fall of next year.