1.   Hartford officials hope that the project will also help regenerate the city core.

2.   Later, after trying to run the Parti Quebecois operation for Montreal Island, the city core, Sciortino tired of constant challenges to his leadership.

3.   The biggest employment gains are taking place in the suburbs rather than in the old city cores.

4.   The group has deplored the abandonment of traditional city cores and the rise of suburban sprawl, with its malls, office parks and isolated tract housing.

5.   Tuesday, in a talk with high school students on the campaign trail, Barak appeared to disavow proposals for relinquishing control of the ancient city core.

6.   In a switch from traditional settlement patterns, many new immigrants to Canada are not moving to the downtown city cores but are flocking to the suburbs.