1.   In addition to abolishing the speed limit, the bill lifted federal sanctions against states without motorcycle helmet laws.

2.   It originally included nine ministers of state without portfolio, each post corresponding to one of the nine main Lebanese militias.

3.   In fact, the classical Marxist formulation cannot define the state without defining bureaucracy.

4.   Senior officials could carry on with the day-to-day business of the state without concerning themselves with any kind of specialist ministerial control.

5.   The zero rating of goods moving to other member states without Customs documentation clearly invites fraud.

6.   Although Florida was the only Southern state without a Senate race, its congressional races gave the Republicans a chance to consolidate their gains in the House.

7.   And even many police chiefs in states without gun-control regulations say they will also continue making the checks.

8.   And he was hoping to bolster his own re-election prospects in battleground states without being seen as abandoning his free trade, antitax philosophy.

9.   Arizona is one of only seven states without a woman on the high court.

10.   Because of loopholes in state and federal law, Modesto and Destec appear to have the right to market power throughout the state without regulators standing in their way.