1.  As a child, Dunn toured his home state of Oklahoma as a tap dancer with a local company.

2.  Despite his credentials, the brainy and statesmanlike Lugar remains virtually unknown outside his home state.

3.  Despite his international contacts, he knew that police officials in his home state of Acre would do little to protect him.

4.  Danielson earned a law degree from the University of Nebraska, his home state.

5.  Daschle was unable to personally deliver his remarks; he had to make an emergency trip to South Dakota because of the flooding disaster in his home state.

6.  Daschle's home state of South Dakota lies in the arid High Plains, its long, dark winters battered by wind and snow.

7.  Disbarment proceedings in his home state of Arkansas will cease.

8.  Doc is blaming his home state of Florida for his troubles.

9.  Dole, however, declined the invitation, even though a team from his home state of Kansas is among the 16 still contending.

10.  Discussions are often halted on Mondays and Fridays because of low turnout as lawmakers prefer to stay in their home states.