1.   Economic deprivation has increased both petty and violent crimes, turning some cities into murder capitals.

2.   I ran on a platform of turning this city into a woman-friendly place, something completely new in its history.

3.   Its new approach of competitive bidding has already galvanized towns and cities into bringing forward imaginative proposals for regeneration.

4.   Lightning struck the power lines, plunging half the city into darkness.

5.   This divides the city into quarters and obstructs cross-core traffic.

6.   We are designing new buildings that will take the city into the next century.

7.   The result is again a sifting out and segregation of the city into well defined and specialised areas.

8.   These included the concept of dividing up a city into three areas, one for public buildings, one for sacred use and the third for private homes.

9.   And it transformed the city into a thriving inland port.

10.   And Lederman rails against neighborhood business groups that he accuses of remaking the city into a sanitized suburban strip mall.