51.   But others on the board say the mayor has been a key force in drawing up policies like the one on remedial education.

52.   But the mayor has been efficient.

53.   But the mayor is bruising egos and burning bridges with his take-no-prisoners attitude.

54.   But the mayor is quick to deny such a problem in his own domain.

55.   But the mayor is right to protect the fiscal health of the city and the physical health of its residents.

56.   But the mayor was nowhere in sight when the Mets played on the same field that evening.

57.   But the mayor is unrelenting.

58.   But the mayor was not the only public official consulting lawyers Wednesday.

59.   But the mayor was not content to press his case politically.

60.   But the soft-spoken mayor is the first to admit that altruism is only part of the equation.