51.  Should one candidate roll up enough big states, the networks will project the winner while polls in the West are still open.

52.  Some political strategists said the White House probably decided that it could not afford to endanger the political prospects of Pataki, another Republican ally from a big state.

53.  Texas has taken the lead in representing the big states.

54.  Texas is a big state for us.

55.  That shuts off a potentially lucrative milk market for big dairy states along the northern border, such as Vermont, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Washington and Oregon.

56.  That still leaves the broad suburban heartland to Bush, but Forbes at least has spent the money to develop organizations in big states.

57.  The cash requirement favors high-profile candidates from big states.

58.  The cuts also will force the BLS to report unemployment on the big states a month later than it now does.

59.  The front-loading of the primary with some big states means the citizens of most states will see little or none of the major candidates.

60.  The most visible triumphs occurred in big states like California, Florida and New York, which committed hundreds of millions of dollars to open space and watershed protection.