91.   He said he would rather the state adopt a pay-as-you-go approach on school construction, thereby saving interest costs.

92.   Hoping to encourage work, almost every state has adopted rules that allow welfare recipients to keep part of their welfare check when they begin to work.

93.   Russian-Latvian relations can be restored to normal if the Baltic state adopts measures to improve the status of minorities, Russian Foreign Minister Yevgeny Primakov said Monday.

94.   Rio Grande do Sul and five other states adopted environmental legislation just to qualify.

95.   Some even equated membership fees and domain name ownership with poll taxes that some southern U.S. states adopted a century ago to keep former slaves from voting.

96.   The beach bill calls on states to adopt minimum standards for beach water quality, regularly test beaches for pathogens and notify the public of unsafe conditions.

97.   The decision reversed a federal appeals court ruling that said states could adopt their own rules for oil-tanker operations.

98.   The directory was one of several measures that lawmakers required states to adopt in an effort to increase child support collections.

99.   The court said then that allowing states to adopt term limits would undermine the uniform national character of Congress sought by the framers.

100.   Thirty-two states have adopted statutes specifically outlawing gay marriage.