51.   In big-league cities across the country, Wednesday is a big, big day.

52.   In cities across the country, it is rapidly changing the way people interact with city halls.

53.   In cities across Europe, smaller Kosovo Albanian gangs oversee storage, sale and distribution.

54.   In cities across Pakistan in recent weeks, thousands of party followers have thronged into the streets to deliver fiery and furious anti-American messages.

55.   In cities across the island, many high-rise buildings listed at eerie angles or lay flattened.

56.   In city after city across the country, it outdraws whatever anyone puts on against it.

57.   In cities across the state, researchers have been trying to figure out how smokers see themselves and what kind of advertisements might persuade more of them to stop.

58.   In cities across the West Bank and Gaza Strip, demonstrations turned violent when marchers confronted Israeli security checkpoints.

59.   In city after city across the country, such streamlining of services, despite initial resistance, had worked.

60.   In New York, as in cities across the nation, opportunities abound for creative reuse of the derelict hubs of once-thriving manufacturing economies.