51.   The Hartford proposal for a partial state takeover reflected a rare consensus among Hartford school board and City Council members on how to fix the Hartford school system.

52.   The merger with Brooklyn Union provides a higher price per share for LILCO with a state takeover of the debt.

53.   The state takeover of the HIP Health Plan of New Jersey was stalled Friday by proceedings in a federal bankruptcy court in Delaware.

54.   The Senate approved a state takeover of the Roosevelt School District in Nassau County, but Assembly leaders objected to several provisions in the bill.

55.   The union agreed to support the state takeover as long as the state dropped a provision that would eliminate all collective bargaining language in the existing contract.

56.   Those that fail to make progress, year after year, will face increasing corrective action, perhaps including a state takeover.

57.   Thursday, Gov. George Pataki said he had no interest in a state takeover of Medicaid and welfare.

58.   Under questioning, Pataki also said he would not rule out a hostile state takeover of the troubled utility if a more amicable solution could not be worked out.

59.   When one shareholder asked Catacosinos why some people opposed the state takeover, the chairman said he was perplexed.

60.   As it stands now, Camden does not meet the strict legal grounds for a state takeover, Steinberg said.