41.  Powerball, the pastime of multimillionaire wannabes, was created to enable small states to sell tickets for potentially huge lottery jackpots.

42.  Perhaps Democratic presidents from small southern states have bad dollar karma.

43.  Republicans proposed a presidential primary schedule Tuesday that would let small states vote first in early March, with clusters of larger states voting later through June.

44.  Republican leaders are considering a third option, with small states voting first and the biggest states holding their primaries last.

45.  Seventeen large enclosed malls might be thought to be enough for a small state like Connecticut.

46.  Slovenia and Dalmatia have been thrown to Italy while the other provinces are divided into small separate states ruled from Berlin.

47.  Small states like New Hampshire and Iowa, holding to their heritage of personal politics, would require candidates to conduct intimate, evocative campaigns.

48.  Snowe said the Cabinet is big enough to accommodate two white males from one small state.

49.  That buys a lot of commercials in this small state.

50.  That is why she has emhphasized close monitoring of HMOs in this small state.