61.   Several U.S. cities tried to ban imports of some sulfur-rich -- and pollution heavy -- Venezuelan petroleum recently, casting a pall on the bilateral relationship.

62.   Some cities even are trying to expand their airports in hopes of capturing a piece of the traffic.

63.   Some residents have blamed Pfizer, saying the city is trying to please the company by moving working-class people out of the Fort Trumbull neighborhood.

64.   The biggest cities try to put on the biggest markets, thus failing miserably to recreate the charm and intimacy of their smaller competitors.

65.   The city had tried to have this case thrown out, and in making his ruling on Monday the judge rejected that motion.

66.   The city is also trying to preserve historic neighborhoods, which gives residents other places to live beside the suburbs.

67.   The city tries hard to maintain control.

68.   The city was trying to get an emergency eviction order on the basis of its claim that two of the buildings were in imminent danger of collapse.

69.   The cap is designed to signal to the federal government that the city is not trying to tuck general economic development into the package.

70.   The city has tried to keep up with maintenance, but the demand for repairs has constantly outstripped the available public dollars.