1.   Congress as a whole always seems unwilling to grant anyone statehood.

2.   D. Will finally grant statehood to Lubbock.

3.   Once upon a time Congress, weary of the argument, actually passed a constitutional amendment granting statehood.

4.   --Passing a constitutional amendment that would grant statehood.

5.   One is to grant statehood to the Palestinians in the Gaza Strip and apportion the West Bank land between Jews and Arabs on the basis of population.

6.   Serbian President Milan Milutinovic rejected the accord, saying it grants virtual statehood to the ethnic Albanians.