71.   Brown also met Wednesday with officials from the Beijing city government where his penchant for off-the-cuff comments fell flat.

72.   Brain, of Valley Vote, says city government has become more attentive to resident concerns, paving streets faster and patrolling neighborhoods more regularly.

73.   But a federal probe of corruption in Atlanta city government now under way would have delayed the local case.

74.   But an invigorated city government, with help from a suddenly philanthropic private sector, has done a lot to make the recession a bit easier to take.

75.   But critics say that reliance on large individual contributions from such sources symbolizes the kind of influence that special interests can hold over city government.

76.   But as with city government, he feels obligated to drop by now and then to make sure things are running smoothly.

77.   But he attributed his victory in part to his feeling that voters are hungry for new ideas in the city government.

78.   But he quickly pinned responsibility for the worst lawlessness on the Moscow city government, run by his political rival, Mayor Yuri Luzhkov.

79.   But Coupal disagreed, saying workers still will flock to city government for the benefits and security the jobs offer.

80.   But in Miami, it is the impetus for all these drastic changes in city government that has some residents angry.