21.   But his last wishes collided with Commonwealth law, which required that freed slaves leave the state.

22.   But Graves said it also has helped many Kansans, and it would be a big blow if the institution left the state.

23.   But Miss Brawley, who left the state long ago, never responded to the suit.

24.   But it can take several operations to reconstruct deformed body parts, and after the first, the insurer left the state.

25.   But left implicit in the negotiations was the possibility that if an arena could not be built by then, the two teams might leave the state.

26.   But many also contend that financially strapped Southern states are left with the vestiges of a dual system of education that is economically inefficient.

27.   But perhaps the YankeeNets officials were serious when they threatened last week that the teams might leave the state once and for all.

28.   But when the wishbone became boring, and high school heroes started to leave the state, Darrell did a slow fade into retirement.

29.   But without enactment of the overhaul, states will be left to their own and generally meager resources to update their balloting systems by November.

30.   By the time he leaves the state Tuesday, Bush said, he hopes he will have made a good impression.