41.   And state legislatures have beefed up fines for speeding.

42.   And now, thanks to the state legislature, the recruiters stood a good chance of success. . . .

43.   And they plan to lobby state legislatures to extend health coverage to more uninsured families.

44.   And the extent to which state legislatures can require students to repeat the Declaration of Independence may be limited.

45.   And the moves in various state legislatures to pass voucher laws will be stymied.

46.   And the outcome, some experts say, could be critical to which party controls the House and state legislatures in the beginning of the next century.

47.   And, on the flip side, the big-money players can more easily dominate their state legislature than they can the national legislature.

48.   And, if judge-made duties are not pre-empted, it would make little sense to find pre-emption of identical rules codified by the state legislature.

49.   And they have started to make serious inroads in state legislatures, the last bastions of statewide Democratic power.

50.   Another longtime critic of commercial activity in schools predicted that the report would encourage state legislatures to act.