It is the ultimate swing state, a place where voters have managed to side with the winning candidate in every presidential election over the last half-century.
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In its capacity as ultimate landlord, the State distributes the land among its beneficiaries on its own terms.
The ultimate responsibility would rest with state legislatures and governors.
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For Democrats in the state, the ultimate humiliation came when the last great Democratic power-broker, the former lieutenant-governor Bob Bullock, who had dominated Texas politics for four decades, threw his support behind Mr Bush.
For a state governor, the ultimate third-party payer is the federal government.
The ultimate goal is to create a state-of-the art company office that provides ergonomic solutions for amputees and seriously wounded veterans that will work at the startup.
The result was that Bolton understandably felt he could not trust the analyst, a sentiment he conveyed to Westermann's ultimate boss, Assistant Secretary of State Carl Ford .
But in 2008, having judged that the ultimate power in Russia lay with state energy companies, BP went behind the backs of its private Russian partners to negotiate a deal with Gazprom, the state-controlled gas behemoth.
Like Europe, the ultimate price for the growing corporate state will be paid by the American consumer (in the form of higher prices, reduced choice, and foregone innovation), and the American taxpayer, who is already facing an enormous bill from the direct subsidy of favored constituents.
And I reiterated and we discussed in depth the principles that I laid out yesterday -- the belief that our ultimate goal has to be a secure Israeli state, a Jewish state, living side by side in peace and security with a contiguous, functioning and effective Palestinian state.
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The dry, hot desert air and laid-back southwestern state of mind creates an otherworldly setting for ultimate relaxation.
Twice the size of Germany, the Lone Star state is vast: the quest for the ultimate chilli might as well start in its capital.
The diplomatic skills of Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice are about to be put to the ultimate test.
The ultimate jurors are the constituents in every member's district or state.
The Pentagon's ultimate goal of creating a single network of sensors may also benefit state and local programs designed to monitor air pollution, noxious fumes and municipal water supplies, the report stated.
Mr Bursford's great passion for design led him to invent several state of the art bikes, including the renowned Bursford Ultimate Bike for which he received a Millennium Product Award from the Design Council.
With the exception of a team working at Pennsylvania State University, he stands alone in the pursuit of what may be the ultimate feat of bioengineering, (see table).
The Supreme Court in Delhi, which so mistrusts the state that it has become a maker and enforcer of law as well as its ultimate interpreter, now monitors such transfers.
Later, there were vintage cars and motorcycles, a state-of-the-art home recording studio, horses, and, the ultimate sign of class ascent, organic farming.
As for sales of health insurance across state lines, I wonder when people are going to figure out that this is the ultimate in false solutions.
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And while everyone involved in the case is duly awestruck by the prospect of an audience with the U.S. Supreme Court, the Justices' ultimate decision may hold little weight, especially when compared to the more immediate and pressing decisions facing Florida's state courts.
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