51.   For years, other states have used a loophole in Medicaid funding formulas to boost the amount they have received.

52.   Forty states now use the test for a sampling of fourth- and eighth-grade students.

53.   Gov. Christie Whitman has said the state will not use public money to lure the Yankees.

54.   GOP Sen. Fred Thompson introduces legislation to allow states use federal money to reduce youth crimes of violence.

55.   He is also a champion of the NAEP test, allowing states to use the national test to measure student performance as part of his education policy agenda.

56.   He said he will also make sure the association keeps track of innovative ideas that states are using to deal with problems.

57.   He said other states use popular promotions based on card games or sporting events, but Florida leaders find them too much akin to serious gambling.

58.   He sees the revolution now in how states use the limited federal funds they get.

59.   He said he is not sure if other states will use it.

60.   He would have been shocked that a state would use bulldozers to raise homes, on the pretext that they may have once housed suicide bombers.