1.  Kansas, North Dakota, Minnesota and Montana were the states most likely to benefit from the legislation.

2.  After Texas, Arizona will be the next state likely to look for help in administering its program, Miller said.

3.  But Wisconsin, another state likely to lose money and representation, has asked the court for a rehearing.

4.  California is the next likely state for National.

5.  Hughes said the mere fact that the Bush visited Washington State, long seen as a state likely to go Democratic, Wednesday was proof of his optimism overall.

6.  If the Kialagee tribe won permission from the Bureau of Indian Affairs to buy the land as a satellite reservation, the state likely would challenge the gambling.

7.  New York and Texas were always considered the two states most likely to lead the way for the Bells into the long-distance market.

8.  Other state officials said because of favorable circumstances in Texas, the state likely will not experience the same revolt.

9.  Southern Alabama, Georgia and South Carolina are the most likely states to be affected by the inclement conditions.

10.  The decision put so much money up for grabs that states likely to win a formula fight are now finding it hard to resist entering the fray.