1.   He may be trying to mobilize support there for the party, which is widely viewed as having done a bad job of ruling the state.

2.   The council is part of the same Hindu nationalist family as the Bharatiya Janata Party, which rules this state and heads the national governing coalition.

3.   The Supreme Court has ruled that state and local governments cannot require retailers to collect and remit sales taxes unless the businesses have such a physical presence.

4.   They stand in sharp contrast to the authoritarian governments that rule most states in the Islamic world, where small wealthy elites monopolize the political process.

5.   Unlike Mrs. Whitman, who rules a state where both houses are controlled by her party, Cuomo has had to struggle continuously against a divided Legislature.

6.   Only one other state is ruled by the Marxists.

7.   Premier League rules state only English and Welsh clubs can be promoted to the competition.

8.   Since then the state is being ruled from New Delhi.

9.   The Chibchas were a wandering tribe, but lived primarily in a group of small, autocratically ruled states at the time of the Spanish conquest.

10.   The FA rules state only English and Welsh clubs can take part in the Premier or Football League.