41.   Their efforts helped New York City become a major commercial center and seaport.

42.   They offered quick and convenient transportation between cities and commercial centers.

43.   To some people here, the move is more discouraging evidence that Hong Kong is losing its brand-name prestige as a commercial center.

44.   Visitors to China, particularly to this increasingly sparkling commercial center, often remark on how overwhelmingly capitalist the country now seems.

45.   Volgograd today is a bustling commercial center.

46.   While Kyoto is uncrowded these days, Osaka, the commercial center of Western Japan, has been swamped with refugees from Kobe.

47.   Plans call for seven hotels, a commercial center, cruise-ship docks and two marinas.

48.   After assuring China of firm political ties, Pakistani President Gen. Pervez Musharraf travelled Sunday to the southern commercial center of Guangdong province to promote economic relations.

49.   Army soldiers were seen digging trenches and clearing brush in one town near San Cristobal de las Casas, the largest city and commercial center of Chiapas state.

50.   But over time, the Thu Bon River filled with silt and nearby Danang eclipsed it as a commercial center.