11.   But earlier in the day, the atmosphere was like a state fair.

12.   But the nub of that brief speech, the parts that crowd will remember, touched on earlier days at other state fairs.

13.   Clinton also went to two fund-raisers and spent three hours at the state fair in Syracuse, N.Y.

14.   Concerns were also raised by animal breeders who travel interstate with live birds to state fairs and other exhibitions.

15.   Elvis impersonators have been around since long before the real Elvis died, the impostors working Holiday Inns, state fairs and Kiwanis picnics.

16.   Farm politics are crucial in a state where a main attraction of the annual state fair is a grain combine demolition derby.

17.   For a day or two, it is as though all the state fairs in America, and some of the livestock too, had come to Pennsylvania Avenue.

18.   For every big-city, big-money arena tour, he takes a swing through state fairs and smaller venues in rural areas.

19.   For the first time, state fairs in Iowa, Missouri and elsewhere have ordered extensive drug testing.

20.   Harry Jones and his partner and companion Janet Huggins are banking on state fairs staying popular.