41.   The next mayor has to close the class divide and not succumb to moneyed interests, while making the city work.

42.   The next mayor will have a little more than a year to persuade valley residents to stay.

43.   The next mayor will never be able to match the strong, paternal image that Giuliani presented, and he should not try.

44.   The tasks for our next mayor will be far different from the ones we, or they, envisioned before the attack.

45.   There may be plenty of good reasons not to vote for Michael Bloomberg as the next mayor of New York, but his money is not one of them.

46.   These headaches and more will greet the next mayor.

47.   Voters are increasingly worried about the state of the schools, with one in five voters saying that education should be the top priority of the next mayor.

48.   While Michael R. Bloomberg, the next mayor of New York, ran as a Republican, he had actually been a Democrat until he decided to run.

49.   Will this next mayor wither in the considerable shadow cast by Giuliani?

50.   All want to be the next mayor of Los Angeles.