1.   That measure would not allow states to take over the food stamp program.

2.   Increasingly, the state is taking a big brother role in this area.

3.   The state took the homes by eminent domain to build the new road.

4.   One of the two binding treaties agreed at the summit, this required states to take steps to preserve ecologically valuable areas and species.

5.   Almost no state took advantage of the plan.

6.   And he would give companies more opportunities to correct pollution problems before the state takes enforcement action.

7.   And even if states are taking steps to audit and monitor advisers, few are expanding their enforcement staffs in the event problems are uncovered.

8.   And the states would take over the institutional long-term care part of the program.

9.   And while the committee said the board remained committed to easing the racial imbalance, it suggested that the state might ultimately take no action on the issue.

10.   Arkansas Sen. Wayne Dowd, a Texarkana Democrat, explained why his own state took so long to notice it.