State

'The State We're In' – a well-known book written in the early '90s as trenchant criticism of the mess the Tories had made of Britain. 'The State We're Still In' – Oh Lord, the title of a book that should be written now as trenchant criticism of the continuing mess that (you've guessed it)the longed for Labour govt.........

Nebraska is known as the Cornhusker State. Another nickname for Nebraska is the Beef State.

North Carolina is called the Tar Heel State.

North Dakota has several nicknames: the Sioux State, the Flickertail State, the Peace Garden State, and the Rough Rider State.

This was the state of matters, on the afternoon of, what I may be excused for calling, that eventful and important Friday. I can make no claim therefore to have known, at that time, how matters stood; or to have any remembrance, founded on the evidence of my own senses, of what follows.

Nevada is known as the Silver State, the Sagebrush State, and the Battle Born State.

Georgia's best known nickname is the Peach State. Georgia is also called the Empire State of the South sometimes.

The state I'm in
is a terrible sin
I'm wasting my life away

I'm just sitting here
with a bottle of beer
surfing the internet all day

Connecticut has an »official« nickname of the Constitution State. It's also known as the Nutmeg State.

Alaska also has the nickname of »The Land of the Midnight Sun«.

Alabama is called the Yellowhammer State.

Wyoming is known as the Equality State.