51.   Far from expanding under one central authority, almost all metro areas are tended by a hotchpotch of city, town and other smaller governments.

52.   Experian uses sales prices of the same houses in metro areas, while Freddie Mac tracks both sales and appraisals by region.

53.   Following jobs to Brookhaven, Buckhead, Sandy Springs, Roswell and Bankhead Highway, the Cooks lived throughout the metro area.

54.   Fong and Boxer were running neck-and-neck in the Los Angeles metro area, a traditional Democratic stronghold.

55.   Gary Wilkes is an animal behaviorist and trainer based in the Phoenix metro area.

56.   Georgia relies on the rivers for drinking water and hydroelectric power, especially in the growing metro area of Atlanta.

57.   He urged large metro areas such as Atlanta to share expertise with smaller municipalities.

58.   He will be in the metro area through Saturday to read from and sign the book at bookstores.

59.   Herskovits said top sellers in the metro area were electronics, including televisions and computers, and jewelry.

60.   Hispanic men had the highest heart-death rates in rural counties of Texas, New Mexico, Arizona and in the Miami metro area.