71.   But DeMarino, the former mayor, said McGreevey could not take all the credit for the improvements.

72.   But his opponent, Bret Schundler, the former mayor of Jersey City, did not seem cowed at all by the perceived advantage McGreevey enjoyed.

73.   But one close friend expressed confidence that the former San Antonio mayor could win statewide office in Texas despite the guilty plea.

74.   But Pastrana, the charismatic former mayor of Bogota, has his work cut out for him.

75.   But the former mayor and his wife lost separate bids for parliament in elections last December, and he instead accepted a position as legal adviser to the Kremlin.

76.   But the former San Antonio mayor said it would mean little to voters if the apparent GOP nominee fails to change his message.

77.   But this day, the former San Antonio mayor is full of anticipation, bounding out of the car to engage some of the remaining residents.

78.   But unlike the self-congratulating former mayor of New York, Britain rarely expects a positive answer.

79.   But two former mayors, Edward I. Koch and David N. Dinkins, said Giuliani was mistaken.