51.   In exchange, the Northeastern states would drop plans for progressively tougher new car standards here, including a requirement in Massachusetts that some cars run on batteries.

52.   In Mizoram, a tiny northeastern state, Congress was losing to a regional party.

53.   In some Northeastern states, the tradition of Thanksgiving Day football trumps state or city championships.

54.   In the East, breezes from the southwest will direct unseasonably mild air toward the northeastern states.

55.   In recent weeks, a coalition of Democratic and Republican lawmakers from hard-hit Northeastern states have been calling for a regional reserve.

56.   In the northeastern state of Assam, tribal rebels seeking a separate homeland have driven foresters out of a sanctuary.

57.   In the northeastern state of Pernambuco, national army troops have been called in to substitute for local police who are on strike over salaries.

58.   Inge, the Northeastern states would drop plans for progressively tougher new car standards here, including a requirement in Massachusetts that some cars run on batteries.

59.   In the United States, rates are highest in the northeastern states of New England and lowest in the Sunbelt states.

60.   It also includes a smattering of regional subsidiaries in the poor northeastern states and in remote Amazon regions.