11.  Submitted, a Republican candidate whose father is a former president and whose brother is governor of the pivotal state.

12.  The Democratic ticket is scheduled to resume their bus tour of the upper Midwest Monday with caravans in Wisconsin, another pivotal state where the race is close.

13.  The event was designed to feature Bush as caring about the environment in a pivotal state.

14.  The survey included outlets in pivotal primary states like New Hampshire and Iowa, and large cities like New York and Los Angeles.

15.  The Saudi Arabian peace initiative, anchored within this new vision, has been embraced by pivotal Arab states, including Syria.

16.  They told her Ohio could be a pivotal state in the battle against tobacco companies, she said.

17.  The leaders of the three pivotal Arab states held four sessions here to map out a pan-Arab strategy to counter the shift to the right in Israel.