51.   Bettman said the eight Canadian teams cannot match the revenue base in many American cities, but hockey is, after all, a Canadian game.

52.   ----- As an American city, LA actually has no peer, so sophisticated and resourceful it has hosted not one, but two Olympiads.

53.   -- In urban districts of Beijing the average concentration of automobile pollutants has reached or exceeded those of the smoggiest American cities, and the levels keep rising.

54.   A majority of illegal immigrants from Asia, especially China, use Canada as little more than a convenient stopover to American cities, Canadian officials concede.

55.   A recent report by the National Association of Home Builders found that among major American cities, Portland was the second least-affordable home market in the country.

56.   A number of American cities, including Pittsburgh and Minneapolis, have developed fresh land-use principles, written a new code and survived the process.

57.   A new survey ranks American cities on the quality of life they offer household pets.

58.   A terrorist attack on a major American city would have the impact of a thousand Monica Lewinsky stories.

59.   A seemingly reliable source claims that Boston is the only major American city never to have reported an Elvis sighting.

60.   A stern warning against the slipshod security that could permit nuclear terrorism to destroy an American city.