But unemployment in the state is now 6.8 percent, second worst of all major industrial states.

It set out the rules for commercial and financial relations among the world's major industrial states.

The figure for California was still higher at 9.5 percent, the highest among the 11 major industrial states.

They could even bring major states to the brink of war.

"We have a significant voting bloc in the four major states."

That would leave the most critical position on the field in a major state of flux.

These steps would be far more effective if they were joined by major African states.

New Jersey is headed for a critical choice - a real test of how far we have come as a major state.

"And here we have a major nuclear state," he continued.

This description was built by using the major states as a norm.