1.   Under a block grant approach, each state would receive a lump sum to be divided any way the state chose.

2.   As for state mottoes, most states have chosen patriotic sayings or slogans that symbolize local history.

3.   Both states choose delegates to the convention from an open pool of Republicans, which would make it easy for Bush supporters to become McCain delegates.

4.   A panel of doctors will recommend the best drugs in each class, and the state will choose the two cheapest.

5.   Buchanan said she did not know why the state chose the voltage protocols it did.

6.   But although the cheapest source of such reduction is thought to be controls on utilities, the states could choose to control other sources of the pollution.

7.   But only in Mississippi did the state Legislature choose to let the voters decide.

8.   But some legal experts say the new lawsuit is more likely to succeed because federal officials have allowed states to choose whether to create local food stamp programs.

9.   Each state chooses as many electors as it has senators and representatives in Congress.

10.   Federal law currently restricts legal immigrants from receiving federally funded welfare benefits, although states can choose to support them with their own money.