21.   According to budget experts, the fiscal troubles in the smaller cities may hamper a recovery by forcing out more jobs and people.

22.   ACT-UP chapters in smaller cities have come and gone with little notice.

23.   Advocates of a Valley city also argue that minority communities would have more representative government in a smaller city through reduced population in each council district.

24.   After they catch on there, the produce trend spreads to smaller cities.

25.   AirTran argues its Atlanta flights would qualify because pax could connect at Hartsfield to smaller cities.

26.   Also making the list were smaller cities including Springfield, Ill., Omaha, Neb. and Tulsa, Okla., and Raleigh, N.C.

27.   Booming cities such as Atlanta and Charlotte long ago shed their reliance on textiles, while many smaller cities have endured mill closings.

28.   Both the Rams and Raiders left town because riches in other, smaller cities awaited.

29.   But because of its price, many smaller cities have been bypassed by the companies installing high speed national networks.

30.   But Oikawa says that Yoshinoya would rather venture out to smaller cities for potential American customers.