61.  The poor performance under Bush was concentrated regionally, in the Northeast and some Midwestern states plus California.

62.  The second route, Reed suggested, lies through at least two Midwestern states and victories in Louisiana, New Mexico and Montana.

63.  The smog reductions would be sought by controlling the nitrogen oxides that come from the smokestacks of electric power plants, especially in Midwestern states.

64.  The strike also coincided with the Republican presidential primaries on Tuesday in Ohio and three other Midwestern states.

65.  The St. Louis appeals court, which has jurisdiction over seven Midwestern states, was the second regional appeals court to reject the misappropriation theory.

66.  The thefts began about two years ago, when curators across the Midwestern states began to notice the occasional clean spot in the dust where an artifact once rested.

67.  The Teamsters and the United Auto Workers, whose members are heavily concentrated in key Midwestern states, have declined to endorse Gore.

68.  The skirmishing over debates came as the Gores and Liebermans completed their post-convention swing through four key Midwestern states.

69.  The union plans a candlelight vigil across five Midwestern states tonight.

70.  They grow with weedlike tenacity in the Pacific Northwest and Northern California, as well as in the cool Midwestern states and the Northeast.