21.   But the Atlanta metropolitan region has grown explosively since then, along with smaller cities, and Buchanan did much less well in urban areas.

22.   But some legislators in the New York metropolitan region argue that with government trying to economize, the walls are a luxury.

23.   But unlike New York, other states in the metropolitan region have either spent all their federal welfare money or say they plan to do so.

24.   City officials said that requirement would greatly increase rail competition in the metropolitan region, opening it up more to western markets.

25.   Crestar, based in Richmond, Virginia, has been acquiring banks in the Washington and Baltimore area, the fourth-largest U.S. metropolitan region.

26.   Consider the primordial Giants fans of the metropolitan region, and their permanent affliction.

27.   Despite the figures, however, the city continued to suffer from one of the highest unemployment and lowest job growth rates of any metropolitan region in the country.

28.   Even so, Humana would fail to gain a leading position in the lucrative New York City metropolitan region.

29.   For many districts in the New York metropolitan region, the additional money for teachers would not offset the cuts in that program, known as impact aid.

30.   For the second consecutive weekend, heavy rain fell on the Dallas-Forth Worth metropolitan region.