Especially galling to Marshall is any suggestion that Kansas or Kansas State might weaken their strength-of-schedule rating by playing Wichita State every year.
They demanded benefits and contracts that the state could never afford, putting the fiscal strength of the unions above the health of the state and its ability to employ and provide services.
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He also spoke of something that is a Clinton strength in this state: history.
The Ames poll is a gauge of organisational strength in the state, which votes in caucuses in January shortly before New Hampshire's primary.
Whitman could well face a conservative primary opponent, but her money and strength in the state GOP make her an overwhelming favorite to win her party's Senate nomination.
We should not underestimate the strength of the Pakistani state, and of the consensus that underpins it.
"The state is working with all its strength to minimise the pain and sorrow of our citizens, " he said.
Mickey Marotti, the strength coach at Ohio State and one of Tebow's closest friends, said that he had sent him a text message of support Monday morning.
"They appear to have asserted themselves in a strategy that will give them a greater bargaining strength in their home state where power has centered around specific castes, " said columnist Jaspal Singh Sidhu.
On the other, Hillary Clinton needed to demonstrate her independence and strength outside of her home state of New York as a genuine political leader in her own right.
Each Democratic state party is allocated a number of delegates based on a complicated formula that takes into account the state's electoral votes and the strength of support for Democratic presidential candidates in the last three general elections.
Governor Hickenlooper, who has already been dealing with a range of natural disasters here in the state, has been an extraordinary example of strength.
To some, this highlights the strength of America's system of state (rather than federal) incorporation, in which states compete to attract companies to set up under their laws.
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Segal at the University of California, Berkeley, "Civil Commitment Law, Mental Health Services, and U.S. Homicide Rates, " found that a third of the state-to-state variation in homicide rates was attributable to the strength or weakness of involuntary civil-commitment laws.
Given the strength of the ruling coalition, confirmed in recent state elections, and Dr Mahathir's dominance within it, it will be hard to dislodge him through the ballot box.
Such outlays depend far more on the vagaries of Pentagon purchasing than the state of the business cycle and say very little about the strength of the underlying economy.
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There are real fears over the state of the NHS and education, and issues like the strength of sterling, the Rover crisis and rows over asylum seekers and law and order have all hit the government's standing.
Chavez, who has shown his strength after past surgeries by calling in to speak on state television, uncharacteristically has not been heard from or seen.
Based on how many of those categories a state's laws covered, the researchers calculated a "legislative strength score, " which they compared with firearm-related mortality rates in all 50 states.
Lastly, I can understand why a school would intend to ban kids not only from other schools within the conference but also other top-tier schools within the state, from bordering states, or comparable conferences in terms of strength and status such as the ACC.
Mr Fordice's strength as governor has been his ability to bring business into the state.
Paying back the state is also a way of advertising that they have regained some of their strength.
Earnings of other companies like Lowes and Home Depot will provide additional feedback on the state of the construction sector, while Wal-Mart and Target will help gauge the strength of the consumer.
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As the standards movement gained strength in the early 1990s, however, educational and political leaders at the state, district, and even school levels began to show greater interest in how other countries defined academic quality and how U.S. students fared in relation to their peers in other nations.
The strength of the legal system and its perceived willingness to treat businesses fairly varies from state to state, the study found.
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Gov. PALIN: I'm not going to stand in the way of progress, that our congressional delegation, in the position of strength that they have right now, they're making those efforts for the state of Alaska to build up our infrastructure.
It is a state of affairs where people seem to believe that the validity of their views is determined by the strength by which they hold them not by any reference to empiricism.
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She had been feeling envious for a long time of the higher life of the state, where there was now heroism, renown, and vigor, and where the youth and strength of an old woman, vainly expended in deprivation and horror in the old days, were in demand again.
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