31.  The company last year was studying using the former Renault assembly plant in Mariara in the central industrial state of Carabobo.

32.  The case pits the Northeastern states against the Midwestern industrial states whose emissions reach the Northeast on the prevailing winds.

33.  The deal applies only to workers in the industrial state of Baden-Wurttemberg, and it still faces ratification by workers.

34.  The industrial states of the Midwest have fewer software and Internet startup companies, less venture capital money, and are less dependent on foreign trade.

35.  The irony is that the struggle for the industrial states is going to be fought in the suburbs.

36.  The July rate was still below those of most other major industrial states.

37.  The opposition is becoming stronger in the economically-dominant industrial states, leaving the PRI with a strong grip only in rural regions.

38.  The refinery is located on the Caribbean coast in the central industrial state of Carabobo.

39.  The rate of lead poisoning among Massachusetts children has dropped to what is probably the lowest level of any industrial state, health officials plan to announce Tuesday.

40.  The regional economy worsened significantly in December, with New Jersey having the second-worst jobless rate of any big industrial state.