11.   For example, states can choose to spend money providing child care to support former welfare recipients who have begun working.

12.   For instance, the state can choose to deny benefits to people convicted of drug felonies or to people who have additional children while on welfare.

13.   He noted that the law allows states to choose to use welfare funds as subsidies to businesses and organizations that employ those who had been on the welfare rolls.

14.   If states can choose their own benchmark tests, some will inevitably choose dumbed-down tests that show them in the best light.

15.   If the laboratory can rule out drugs as performance enhancers, the state may choose to add them to the short list of accepted drugs.

16.   If they experience power failures and price shocks, they soon may wonder why the state chose a time of scarcity to deregulate an essential service.

17.   Lamfalussy emphasized that the impact of pushing through the necessary fiscal cutbacks would depend on the way in which member states chose to implement their respective policies.

18.   Many states have chosen to try more young offenders in adult courts or lock them up in adult prisons.

19.   Oregonians have decided that their legislation reflects their needs and values, while other states have chosen different approaches.

20.   Or a state could choose simpler, less costly testing equipment that might not screen cars as well.