The state-by-state pursuit of 270 electoral votes was being closely tracked by both campaigns, with Mr. Romney winning North Carolina and Indiana, which Mr. Obama carried four years ago.
Has Sikkim's environment taken a beating in the state's pursuit of fast growth?
The state's pursuit of Mr. Bennett, a senator from Manicaland Province, has aggravated animosities.
Sternfeld drove across the state in pursuit of artistic inspiration, and a tourist can do worse than follow in his tyre tracks.
It was also revenge for last year's 28-21 loss to the Illini (5-6, 3-4), which ended Ohio State's pursuit of a perfect season.
In other words, sometimes violence works, though we seem to have wholly lost sympathy for the idea that any entity — or group — aside from a mighty state in pursuit of deranged fanatics is justified in using it.
It is heartening to learn that a judge in Massachusetts has ruled in favor of same-sex couples from New York who went to the state in pursuit of legally recognized unions.
The reference didn't seem like something a Republican voter would say, but it made sense to his intended audience: Bannon was signalling that the alt-right movement was prepared to hijack, or even raze, the state in pursuit of nationalist ends.
The idea is particularly striking because it shows how to reconcile a rigorously "market-friendly" approach to policy with effective intervention by the state in pursuit of social goals.A big idea for smaller governmentUnder Mr Phelps's plan, firms would be paid a graduated subsidy for employing low-wage labour: $3 an hour for each worker employed at a wage cost (before the subsidy) of $4 an hour.
The primary anxiety is competing casinos being hurriedly opened by states in pursuit of new revenue.
In the realist view, states (in pursuit of their own interests) are locked in a struggle for survival.
