1.   And the moves that would have caused storied franchises to be dispossessed and repackaged along geographic lines was being considered for reasons of expediency, to be sure.

2.   At the same time, he reorganized the divisions along geographic lines.

3.   Accelerating the trend was an antitrust investigation of the magazine distributors begun by the Justice Department two years ago because of the lack of competition across geographic lines.

4.   But those reviews are never conducted along geographic lines.

5.   Hundreds of mayors, governors and members of Congress have weighed in, breaking down along predictable geographic lines.

6.   Much voting is still strictly along geographic lines, with different parties dominating different regions of the country.

7.   The club still favors re-alignment along geographic lines, which would make its TV package more profitable.

8.   The divisions between the factions fracture along geographic lines.

9.   The results from presbyteries in the Midwest and West did not break down on clear geographic lines.

10.   There also has been discussion of a revamping of the majors by having teams change leagues and redrawing divisions along geographic lines.