21.   The mayor now argues that pay may be higher in the suburbs because solo patrol cars and other practices make the police more efficient.

22.   The benefits, however, would ripple beyond city lines into the relatively prosperous suburbs, the mayors argued.

23.   The mayor argued the railway would worsen traffic problems because tracks would be laid at the expense of vital road space.

24.   They benefits, however, would ripple beyond city lines into the relatively prosperous suburbs, the mayors argued.

25.   Mayor reportedly argued that the prize had been attributed by an independent jury.