1.   The city will be using some of its tax dollars to rehabilitate its downtown area.

2.   The city used to claim that it had some of the cleanest air in Latin America.

3.   Ameritrade would qualify for property- and sales-tax breaks when the city uses the proceeds to buy the land and equipment.

4.   And cruise ships that normally call at the port must go elsewhere because the city is using their terminal on the Hudson River for emergency operations.

5.   And if turbidity becomes a serious problem, the city can use chemical treatments to help clarify the water.

6.   And still nothing, which leads George to speculate that the city is using the money to close its budget gap.

7.   Backing up its words, the city used federal funds to make no-interest and low-interest loans to help owners repair and rebuild in ghost towns.

8.   Besides Los Angeles, San Diego and Oxnard, cities using the cameras include Beverly Hills, Culver City and San Francisco.

9.   A federal appeals court, however, ruled in December that the city could not use race in assigning students to Boston Latin School.

10.   A widely scattered population means lots of tiny branches rather than the giant fortresses that most cities use to protect their money.