11.   Gramm has been crisscrossing the state, holding meetings to reach the delegates before the convention.

12.   He crisscrossed the state for months, meeting Republican leaders and building a small but loyal following.

13.   He spent the first year of his tenure crisscrossing the state to raise not only money but also the morale of local leaders.

14.   Miller said that if he were running the Bush campaign, he would want McCain to be crisscrossing battleground states like Michigan, Wisconsin and Pennsylvania.

15.   Moore crisscrossed the state Monday, calling for a moral revival.

16.   Now, as the Republican incumbent crisscrosses the state seeking re-election, he is looking out on a political landscape that is dramatically different.

17.   Now, Rowland is crisscrossing the state promising to rid Connecticut of the income tax, which accounts for one-third of all state revenues.

18.   She crisscrosses the state in her privately chartered airplane at a frenetic pace, speaking to community groups, editorial boards and local Democratic clubs and committees.

19.   Shinn has an ozone meter in his state car, he said, and often keeps it running to track smog levels as he crisscrosses the state.

20.   Talent spoke of a Missouri overrun with methamphetamine labs, a state crisscrossed with crumbling highways and filled with students who cannot read.