11.   But the mayor made clear Wednesday that he would play an active role in shepherding the program.

12.   But there are many skeptics, she added, because the mayor has made similar promises before, and failed to convincingly follow up.

13.   City Council Speaker Peter Vallone said he wished the mayor would make the reports more useful by highlighting areas where more work was needed.

14.   Counter said the mayor made people aware of the devastation awaiting small businesses in the event of a strike.

15.   Democratic legislators said the mayor never made any attempt to lobby them.

16.   Even the mayor made that point.

17.   Even before re-election season began, the mayor made it clear that he sees himself as an outpost of reason surrounded by lurking, poison-tipped partisans.

18.   For the last several weeks, the mayor has made school security the latest front in his continuing battle over who should control education policy in New York.

19.   Hahn said he reached the breaking point when they were discussing profiling and the chief rejected every argument the mayor made.

20.   He is waiting for the mayor to make a move, and says he has an open mind.