31.  Because the two states grow so many of the same crops, Arizona growers keep a close eye on what happens in California.

32.  Bell responded by cutting some prices, and early this year the communications commission gave the company the right to sell long-distance in the two states.

33.  Belarus and Russia have signed a largely symbolic agreement on integrating the two states.

34.  Belarus has freed a reporter for a Russian television network in a case that has gravely strained the Slavic ties between the two states.

35.  Both challengers had essentially written off the home region of the two front-runners, making little effort to organize in any of the six states.

36.  Both King and Dean have said that the three states need to look to Quebec, the Maritimes and even Europe to continue to develop trade and jobs.

37.  A look at the roster of elected officials in the six states bears him out.

38.  A Southwest spokesman said the airline has not studied the possibility of expanding service to the three states.

39.  According to Joao Capiberibe, the governor of Amapa, one of the nine states making up the Brazilian Amazon, it is a question of economic survival.

40.  According to political leaders and analysts, Bush appears poised to sweep the six states involved in the next major round of primaries on Tuesday.