11.  He is a border state moderate, in GOP terms.

12.  Inbar said the United States, European countries, Israel and moderate Arab states must expand their efforts to share intelligence about potential terrorist threats.

13.  It will do nothing to change the Middle East balance between moderate Arab states and the governments furnishing political and logistical support to the extremists, they emphasized.

14.  Moderate Arab states have put strong pressure on the Bush administration to pressure Israel into withdrawing.

15.  McCain also hopes, with some justification, that he can win in the moderate states of Maryland and Minnesota.

16.  Now he is writing an article reiterating his view that a moderate Islamic state like Uzbekistan can find its democratic salvation in Western ideals.

17.  Only last year, for example, a splinter group of moderate state Republicans held an alternative convention to adopt a pro-choice platform.

18.  President Bush and other top US officials have said they expect moderate Arab states to put a halt to operations by militant groups within their borders.

19.  Powell acknowledged that he may not have an easy time persuading the moderate Arab states about the need to tighten some sanctions against Hussein.

20.  That Washington-based consultant refused to be quoted, but confirmed that he worked Democratic telephones in Pennsylvania, a moderate state, while Reed worked Republicans.