71.   The city was trying to collect money from several big casinos that had built skyways over the downtown streets so gamblers could walk from casino to casino.

72.   The city has tried to exploit alternative water sources, building vast pipelines to bring in water from faraway rivers.

73.   The city is clearly trying to reduce litigation on both social policy cases and civil lawsuits against it.

74.   The city is trying to use the dispute to jump-start the African-American Hall of Fame, and now hopes to build it in two years instead of eight.

75.   The city tried a variety of schemes to poison the rodents or chase them away.

76.   The city tried to lure the baseball Rangers to downtown Dallas and was upstaged by a more organized, unified Arlington.

77.   The city would also try to persuade the Jets to return to the city from the New Jersey Meadowlands, where they share Giants Stadium.

78.   The city is also trying frantically to unload assets, with mixed results.

79.   The city is trying to place brochures and information booths in various locations to inform travelers about the new rates, hoping that more information will prevent abuses.

80.   The city would also try to persuade the National Football League Jets to return to the city from the New Jersey Meadowlands, where they share Giants Stadium.