1.   As Chinese provinces go, Hunan has few natural advantages.

2.   Public opinion polls usually showed that most Britons outside Northern Ireland would be happy to let the province go if this could be done with honor.

3.   Conventional wisdom held that the province would go the ruling party.

4.   I asked him why he keeps staying and he said if East Timor is gone, the other provinces will go.

5.   In a related health issue, NDP Leader Alexa McDonough said Ottawa should fine Alberta if the province goes ahead with legislation expanding the role of for-profit surgical clinics.

6.   Winter believes the farthest the provinces could go today is closer economic co-operation with some common institutions.