31.  Like most other states, New York has routinely conducted anonymous AIDS tests on newborns, as a way of tracking the spread of the disease.

32.  Lungren said Wednesday he believes California's plan goes beyond those of most other states.

33.  Most other states are still free to follow Bakke's more-lenient guidelines.

34.  Most other states get by with a relatively uncomplicated two-party system.

35.  Most other states have legal formulas for school financing that allow administrators to anticipate a certain level of state aid and then plan accordingly.

36.  Most other states allow debtors to protect only a small fraction of the value of their homes if they file for bankruptcy.

37.  Most other states approved a Martin Luther King Day in the 1980s.

38.  Most other states don't have it, which also makes it a barrier to attracting new industry.

39.  Most other states use a combination of police and lower-paid flagmen.

40.  More than in most other states, California voters have often relied on recall elections to settle political grudges.