Sparsely peopled by bedraggled settlers in the mid-18th century, it is today the fourth most populous state in the union, with more than 19 million polyglot citizens and 29 electoral votes, more than 10% of those needed to elect a president, as Al Gore can never forget.
Let's hope this program is modeled on the one in Alaska: About one-fourth of the state's oil and gas royalties goes into an entity called the Permanent Fund, the assets of which are managed by investment professionals.
Mali is the fourth-poorest state in the world, according to the UN, and getting poorer.
After landing at Berlin's Tegel military airport earlier on Tuesday, the Queen began her fourth state visit to Germany by being driven, with the Duke of Edinburgh, to the Schloss Charlotten presidential palace in a dual-fuel royal Bentley - a German-owned company.
The California Legislature recently approved a bill on this issue and other jurisdictions are trying to sort out whether a warrant is required under the Fourth Amendment and various state laws.
The Turner Prize winner, known for his commission for the Fourth Plinth in Trafalgar Square and his State Britain exhibition at the Tate Britain, said it was an honour.
First Solar is building three solar power plants and working on permits for a fourth one in the state.
In 2009, Tyreke Evans, who played for Calipari at Memphis State was the fourth overall pick in the first round.
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Lake Apopka is the state's fourth-largest and most polluted lake.
The new rules state that clubs going into administration after the fourth Thursday in March would have the 10-point deduction suspended - and imposed immediately after the end of the season if the club stays up, but deducted at the start of the following season if the club is relegated.
Attorneys for Shelby County argued that the pre-clearance requirement is outdated in a state where one-fourth of the Legislature is black.
This is the fourth in a series on the state of the electric vehicle, with a focus on U.S.-based Tesla Motors.
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The Empire State's business-conditions index increased for the fourth consecutive month to 20.21 from 19.53 in February, the highest in well over a year.
"We note that neither the Fourth Amendment nor its New York state analogue specifically limit the length of time property may be held following a lawful seizure, " Chief Judge Jonathan Lippman wrote.
Barry Steinhardt, associate director the American Civil Liberties Union, conceded that courts have ruled that state DNA laws are constitutional under the Fourth Amendment.
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In Gujarat, the emergence of BJP leader Narendra Modi - who recently won a fourth successive term as chief minister of the state - as a potential prime ministerial candidate appears imminent.
Since the fourth calendar quarter of 2008, aggregate State and local government spending has declined by approximately 6.5 percent.
This is part of the fourth-poorest school district in the state of Texas.
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If Arias is given a sentence of death, she would be the fourth woman on death row in the state.
If Arias is given a sentence of death, she would be the fourth woman on death row in the state of Arizona.
In 2002, only half of the city's fourth-graders met state learning standards.
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It would be the fourth minor-league baseball franchise in the state.
They are the second and fourth most popular teams in college football, according to the same ESPN poll (Ohio State ranked first).
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Oklahoma Senator Mark Allen is trying to harness that business for his home state, which ranks fourth in the nation in horse ownership per capita.
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And, yes, this is the same Senator Grothman who wants to defund kindergarten programs for 4-year-olds because, argues Grothman, any academic benefits disappear by the fourth grade, and the program is used by school districts to pad their budgets to get more state aid.
The London Business School grad is the fourth generation of the storied Birla clan, whose roots go back to 1857 in cotton trading in Rajasthan state.
As the dragnet entered its fourth day Sunday, the manhunt widened with the creation of a joint task force that brought together state and local law enforcement officials along with the FBI and the U.S. Marshals Service.
But they also drive the fourth-fewest miles nationally, the main reason the state ranks as the eighth-most affordable in terms of the percentage of residents' incomes that go toward gas.
The reorganisation is the fourth since China first opened its telecoms industry to limited, state-orchestrated competition.
Aides said Cheney will spend the Fourth of July in Washington and then head to his home state of Wyoming later in the week.
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