71.  He noted that he had just spent seven days in Iowa before going to Louisiana and that he supports Iowa as the first caucus state.

72.  He praised Gov. Christie Whitman for making New Jersey the first state to take sweeping measures to stop racial profiling.

73.  Here in the first primary state, the issues that voters are most concerned with are not always lofty matters of national security or domestic policy.

74.  He was to scheduled to leave Iowa after midnight for the first primary state.

75.  His regime increasingly has the smell of the first fascist state in post-Cold War Europe.

76.  Hochberg said he believed that Texas would be the first state with an official molecule.

77.  If Hawaii becomes the first state to enact comprehensive domestic-partnership legislation, however, Foley believes this will not satisfy the Supreme Court.

78.  If the bill passes, New Hampshire would be come the first state to ban circus animals.

79.  If passed, the proposal would make New York the first state to regulate cigarette sales to help prevent the hundreds of fires ignited every year by discarded cigarettes.

80.  If approved by Justice Department officials, the plan could make Florida the first state where local officers have such authority.