61.   Letting doctors prescribe lethal medication, the states say, could lead to abuse and pressure the poor to choose death rather than become a burden to their families.

62.   Last week, New York state said it would cut the period gasoline would be required to have a high oxygen content to four months from seven.

63.   Last week, the state said it will sell its stake in defense and electronics group Thomson SA this year.

64.   Lauren said that recent reports of a mammogram center in the Bronx where the state said hundreds of faulty tests were performed had furthered his interest.

65.   Many state Republicans said Kustra would have been a much tougher opponent for Rep. Richard J. Durbin, who is well ahead in the polls.

66.   Many states say they do not know how they will enforce that rule.

67.   Most states say their DNA data banks can be accessed only for law enforcement purposes, like the data bases.

68.   Most of the job declines were in retail trade and manufacturing, the state said.

69.   Newton-Wellesley also got high marks from the commission in precisely the areas where the state said there were problems.

70.   No longer, says state AFL-CIO President Robert Haynes, will legislators be graded only on their voting record on labor bills.