The House bill spares Powerball and some other games, for example, and preserves states' rights to regulate gambling individually.
Secretary of Education Rod Paige could preserve state flexibility by issuing interpretive regulations that stretch the legislation's literal provisions.
Preserving State Grid and its 1.6 million employees as a single entity would "supply security," Mr. Liu added, according to a State Grid official who quoted a company memo.
In 1988, Michigan voters were considering a referendum that would have preserved state funding of abortion, which the state legislature had voted to end the year before.
He concluded that Beijing should preserve State Grid's monopoly over the transmission and distribution of power to 1.1 billion people across 90 percent of China.
In a town hall-style meeting tonight at a Los Angeles television studio, Governor Gray Davis said it might be necessary to raise taxes to preserve state programs.
There's to be no mucking around when it comes to preserving state secrets, including ones that are not particularly worthy of the word "secret".
Many Syrian officials, steeped in Arab nationalism and often educated in Moscow, feel comfortable with a secular Russia and its emphasis on preserving state institutions.
"We are anxious to discuss with the governor's negotiators how we can reach an agreement my members are willing to ratify, while preserving state services and meeting the savings the state requires," Mr. Brynien said.
