11.   Jim Ponca, a fireman from Oklahoma trying his luck here, hardly regrets he will not get home in time for his state primary on Tuesday.

12.   Keyes talked tough about New Hampshire winner Sen. John McCain and Tuesday night sought to cast himself as the choice of conservative republicans in upcoming state primaries.

13.   Like many other South Carolinians, Petersen is not yet seized by the contenders in the fast-moving roulette of state primaries.

14.   Many of these meetings will coincide with upcoming state primaries in an effort to keep the pressure and the spotlight on the issue.

15.   Massachusetts Republicans say they too sense the growing importance of the state primary.

16.   More important are state primaries, which deliver delegates to the winning candidate for the national convention.

17.   No candidate wants to go into it burdened with the embarrassment of a bad performance in an earlier home state primary.

18.   Now candidates are chosen by the people in state primaries or caucuses, not by the delegates in convention.

19.   On Tuesday Dole swept eight state primaries and two caucuses.

20.   The candidates compete in state primaries to win delegates to their party conventions, held in the summer.