1.   It was silly to work himself into a state like this.

2.   States like Massachusetts, which still rely primarily on traditional third-party payment systems, find their costs doubling every five years.

3.   Usually, a state like Connecticut sells tax-exempt municipal bonds.

4.   So these pass on their rubbish to garbage companies, which transport it for burial to states like Ohio that still have landfill space.

5.   Member states like France, Denmark, the Netherlands, and Ireland make significant trading gains.

6.   She still has immense affection for the pioneering early rockers, who were also from southern states like Mississippi, Texas and Louisiana.

7.   In that it joins other states like Iran, Israel, Pakistan and India who are all thought to be pursuing military nuclear programmes.

8.   Although the plan is sketchy at this point, he expects it will protect high-growth states like Nevada.

9.   Although international studies have shown no connection between education spending and achievement, the states like to think that extra money is at least the key to teacher satisfaction.

10.   Americans from warm-weather states like Texas, Florida and California are so far the largest group of people making reservations at the new ice hotel.