41.  The city has traditionally been viewed, for better or worse, as a left-leaning enclave in a conservative state.

42.  The latter is a conservative state that waves the flag of lily-white rights.

43.  The power of Texas cities to annex property is under attack by conservative state legislators, who say individual rights have been infringed upon by land-hungry municipalities.

44.  The only electoral barometer was in the conservative state of Arizona.

45.  The Republicans had their appetites whetted when Sen. Jim Exon, a three-term Democrat, announced his retirement in what is essentially a conservative state.

46.  The tactic seemed to strike a chord with some voters even in conservative states, and is likely to be adopted by Clinton and by Democratic candidates for Congress.

47.  They were all intended by Republican leaders to force Democrats from conservative states to cast uncomfortable votes.

48.  Those issues may play well in conservative states and districts that Republicans can win anyway.

49.  Yet New York remains a long way from being a conservative state.

50.  American servicewomen have a special insight into the difficult relationship with conservative Arab states, whose women are often kept at home or enshrouded in veils.