Another conference, and finally she said, "Would you please come in?"

The only major state taxes that were raised significantly in 1995 were those on hospitals, nursing homes and other health-care providers, the conference said.

He had a brief illness, the conference said.

The athletic conference said it knew of 27 last year decided by at least 50 points.

But the conference of bishops of one major Protestant denomination says the new language is inappropriate.

So far this year, the conference said, 1,431 Jews had emigrated, the largest number in any single year since 1982, when 2,688 departed.

"State balances fell throughout fiscal 1990 and for most states - including all the larger states - are now dangerously low," the conference said.

The contamination was later traced to a spill at a gasoline station a half a mile away, the conference said.

Uses in consumer products, including food, drugs, cosmetics, jewelry and toys, are "without justification," the conference said.

The conference of state legislatures said states had cut taxes in each of the last five years.