31.   Federal law reduces money for highway construction in states without a ban.

32.   Federal savings banks regulated by the OTS can set up offices in multiple states without the approval of local officials.

33.   Even worse, states without stocks have wildly inflated notions about what their portfolios will earn, while just the opposite is true for states with large stock positions.

34.   Georgia has one of the highest incidents of cancer in the country, yet it is one of the few states without a nationally-accredited cancer center.

35.   He also worried that politicians in states without major air-pollution problems will balk at the higher price of new cars that have more pollution controls.

36.   He could have left the state without notifying his probation officer.

37.   He also said he expects his tax proposals to have particular resonance in New Hampshire, one of the few states without a sales or income tax.

38.   He reckoned he could humiliate Jim Jeffords in plain view of his whole state without ramifications.

39.   He lives on a secluded Ohio farm, cannot leave the state without the nod of an Indiana magistrate and Thursday seemed tired of the hassle.

40.   He once considered bypassing Iowa to focus on states without early front-runners, such as Florida.