21.  Black codes were instituted in some Northern states to deny freed slaves the right to vote, attend schools, and eat in public diners.

22.  A bill passed by a House committee last week achieved that goal, but at expense of northern states, such as New York, with large Medicaid programs.

23.  A complex warm front will enter the northern Pacific states, triggering widely separated showers, with snow limited to higher mountain elevations.

24.  A fight over funding formulas, pitting the South and West against northern states, has been responsible for delays in crafting a new bill.

25.  A front separating the hot air mass from the cooler air over the northern states will be the focus for clusters of clouds and thundershowers.

26.  A group of northern Mexican states are pushing for the right to sell municipal bonds.

27.  A trial in the small town of Punta Libertad, located in the northern state of Sonora, took place recently.

28.  Abolitionists poured into Kansas from the northern states, determined to see slavery outlawed there.

29.  Abacha was private about his personal life, but it does not appear he had wealthy parents growing up in the northern Nigerian state of Kano.

30.  Admittedly, her daughter is going to college in a far northern state while my son is only going up the road a short piece.