Those states would still lose money because of the repeal, but probably not as much as states with the pick-up tax.
But over all, the companies have not reduced their rates as much as state officials expected, and some have tried to increase their rates, including Allstate.
In the last major fiscal crisis, in 1991, states with budget shortfalls levied $15.4 billion in new taxes, about four times as much as states raised in new taxes this year, according to the National Conference of State Legislatures.
Part of the problem is that Studio B was perceived as a propaganda organ for Mr. Draskovic, much as state television serves the interests of Slobodan Milosevic, the Yugoslav president, and did not serve as a true public-interest station.
"Old school" is as much as state of mind as a musical movement or style aesthetic, and it is firmly back in the modern lexicon, applied to everything from sunglasses to compilations of 1980s rave tracks; from vintage motorbikes to the name of a not-for-profit cafe in San Francisco.
It remains unclear whether they'll allow the ACT to enforce its own marriage laws, much as states in the U.S. do.
It's tempting to expose these rationales as fig leafs for corporate power -- much as "states rights" and "reverse discrimination" were high-minded excuses for keeping African-Americans down -- or just to LOL.
Our results show that the actual fluids administered vary as much as clinicians' stated preferences.
She displays much attitude in her voice, as stated by Nick Levine of Digital Spy.
As much as we state we're miserable, we can't give up the confines of our day, by doing something different.
