1.  Congress was also successful in the small eastern states, the western state of Maharashtra and the central state of Madhya Pradesh.

2.  Many eastern states are near the end of their landfill capacity.

3.  Nine eastern states, from Maine in the north to Virginia in the south, have now announced that they plan to introduce similar restrictions.

4.  An autumnal air mass will cover the Eastern states as a frontal system shifts off the Atlantic seaboard.

5.  An expansive storm system over the eastern states will produce a broken band of heavy snow from parts the Tennessee Valley to central New York state.

6.  Ample sunshine will also extend across the Eastern states with chilly conditions prevailing in the Northeast.

7.  Ample sunshine will embrace the Eastern states.

8.  And the shipping ports in the eastern state of Tamaulipas were closed because of choppy waters.

9.  Another possibility is that the Rao government take over the project and transfer it to another state with chronic power shortages, possibly the eastern state of Orissa.

10.  As Hurricane Floyd raged through eastern states last month, Jack McKeon sat in the comfort of his office at Cinergy Field in Cincinnati and made a bold prediction.