11.   Other mayors have gone beyond that core and found ways to be more creative and deliver services better.

12.   She and Menino are friendly, so she was a natural choice when the mayor went looking for a business executive to cochair the search committee for a superintendent.

13.   The apology came after several Jewish and Catholic leaders suggested publicly and privately that the mayor had gone too far with his statement.

14.   The mayor is going to face tough choices all along the way.

15.   The mayor went on to help create a private scholarship program, but found financing among Wall Street businessmen.

16.   The mayor also went to the Western Wall on his own, and visited patients at one hospital while the others went to another.

17.   The mayor has even gone to court to oppose requests for information from news organizations, elected officials and others seeking access to arrest records.

18.   The mayor then went off to share a dais with Vice President Al Gore at the Liberal Party dinner.

19.   The mayor went on to warn against indiscriminate anti-Chechen sentiment in the capital.

20.   The mayor went to his funeral, where Infante was remembered as a nice guy.