111.  They had little ammunition to punish the moderate Republican from a Democratic state, and Chafee asked for nothing in exchange for his vote, GOP Senate sources said.

112.  They identified a brand of Republicanism that went over well in what are basically liberal Democratic states, and they sold it effectively.

113.  This normally Democratic state was put in play by the presence of Ralph Nader on the ballot.

114.  Those Democratic states include huge metropolitan areas where living costs are high and incomes are well above average, especially in the suburbs.

115.  We have more democratic states in the world than at any other time in history.

116.  West Virginia, a traditionally Democratic state, has been a problem for Gore.

117.  While far less repressive than many other Arab states, Jordan is still far from being a democratic state.

118.  While many senators thought Alaska would be a Democratic state and Hawaii would be Republican, the opposite has generally been the case.

119.  While the presumption of innocence is a benchmark of most democratic states, the law here allows investigating magistrates to put suspects in jail indefinitely without trial or bail.

120.  With Senator John F. Kerry a likely presidential candidate, and Massachusetts a staunchly Democratic state in presidential balloting, that tradition would tend to work against the city.