1.  Ameritech Corp. -- Chicago-based Ameritech provides local phone services in five Midwestern states.

2.  Amtrak West has developed opportunities in the Pacific Coast corridors, and Midwestern states have identified potential corridors of their own.

3.  And he has wiped out Bush leads in such important Midwestern states as Ohio, Michigan, Wisconsin and Illinois.

4.  And even in this mild-mannered Midwestern state, the calls were full of passion.

5.  And he represents a substantial industrial midwestern state.

6.  At the moment, this list includes a handful of midwestern states and Florida, plus two or three others.

7.  Because polls indicate McCain has a commanding lead in his home state, he is concentrating instead on the Midwestern state.

8.  A plan by the Republicans to derail sampling earlier this year was put aside because it was stalling emergency flood relief for Midwestern states.

9.  Bush also approved a farm bill this spring that includes major crop subsidies in Midwestern states where Republicans hope to make gains.

10.  But Airtouch already has wireless licenses in Michigan and Ohio, two of the five Midwestern states where Ameritech operates.