11.   An advisory council representing the state of Tennessee was formed to make recommendations to Adams.

12.   And most importantly, she won the right to represent the state of Washington in the February Miss USA pageant in Texas.

13.   And many of his opponents in Congress represent tobacco states or are top recipients of tobacco industry largess.

14.   Any attorney general can join in, allowing small states to be represented along with large ones.

15.   Another possibility is that HIV infection represents a state of chronic inflammation, in which the immune system stays perpetually and dangerously hyperactive.

16.   As much as these designers represent American fashion at its best, certainly Wolfgang Joop must represent the state of fashion in Germany.

17.   Assistant attorneys general from New York, Texas and Wisconsin will represent the states.

18.   Attorneys representing the state of Minnesota contend, however, that judicial elections differ from other political contests.

19.   Attorney General Jay Nixon, whose office would represent the state in the desegregation lawsuit, could not be reached for comment Friday.

20.   Attorney General Richard Blumenthal, representing the state, had argued that the review should be limited to the issues addressed by Hammer.