111.   At their cores, these towns are urban, but on their perimeters they are rural, surrounded by rolling hills, woodlands and ponds.

112.   Atiq Ullah, a cloth seller in the northeastern city of Jalalabad, said his home town was too attractive a target for him to feel safe.

113.   Auto auctions are held across the country, but throughout the used-car business, this small Pennsylvania town is the place to be on Fridays.

114.   Back then, the whole town was one big promotional stunt.

115.   Beach towns are more than quaint villages.

116.   Before General Motors came to Silao, the town was a shabby market center serving the surrounding farm communities.

117.   Before the war, the town was like many others in Bosnia in its ethnic make-up.

118.   Because every town is different, and every electorate is different, and every politician has different shades of lickspittling, expedience and grovelly time-serving.

119.   Besides, our little town was too small to have a police officer.

120.   Below were the towns we just traveled through and beyond to Tennessee, Georgia and South Carolina.