21.   Liggett settled lawsuits by five states last year separate from the landmark settlement the rest of the industry reached with the states this year.

22.   LaRouche is on the Democratic Party ballot again in several states this year.

23.   Montana has as full an electoral slate as any state this year.

24.   Polls show that education is the leading concern of voters in many states this year, including Alabama and South Carolina.

25.   Rain had fallen abundantly on this corner of the state this year and the rolling hills were uncharacteristically green.

26.   Republicans captured six Democratic seats in Washington state that year.

27.   She is revising her economic growth projection for the state this year to show an improvement.

28.   Smith also expects to enter the long-distance business in at least two states this year.

29.   Sixty-one percent of the Hispanic population lived in those states that year, according to the report.

30.   That is surely the highest priority for the state this year in light of a state Supreme Court decision ordering more money for the city.