21.  Heat will continue to build in most areas west of the Rockies as an expansive high pressure system strengthens over the southwestern states.

22.  In addition, the demand for slave labor in southwestern states like Mississippi, Louisiana and Texas drove up slave prices and land values throughout the South.

23.  In general, states in the East ranked higher on the index, while Southern and Southwestern states were nearer the bottom.

24.  In the election on Sunday in the troubled southwestern state of Guerrero, the two parties battled to a photo finish.

25.  In the West, scattered thundershowers will blossom in the heat of the day across the southwestern states into Colorado.

26.  Increasing high level winds from southeast will draw moisture into the Southwestern states resulting in scattered strong thunderstorms from the deserts of southern California into Arizona and Utah.

27.  In the mountains in the southwestern state of Ayacucho, the refugees said, Shining Path guerrillas would force them to attend indoctrination meetings.

28.  Intense heat will continue across a large portion of the nation from the southwestern states to the central and southern Plains.

29.  It also handles claims for the home health and hospice portions of Medicare in several Southwestern states.

30.  It will first offer it in its Southwestern Bell and Pacific Bell territories, which include California, Texas and other Southwestern states.