1.   A wind pushed the fire in a southerly direction, sparing several outlying communities whose occupants had been evacuated.

2.   Ahmanson is in Irwindale, another outlying community, to the east of Los Angeles.

3.   But it is unusual for cities to have the power to lay claim to outlying communities.

4.   But the outlying communities have been shortchanged so far, he said, because few people understand the program or can agree on what to do with the money.

5.   Equally important, it provides chamber music concerts to people in outlying Maine communities who usually do not have access to live performances.

6.   Finally, no Jewish settlements should be forcibly uprooted, although some outlying communities may be surrounded by Palestinian-ruled territory.

7.   It has spread to such outlying communities as Douglasville, Riverdale and Stockbridge.

8.   Still, it does routinely lose businesses to outlying communities and could lose more at a faster rate in the future, the study said.

9.   Barak has indicated, however, that he would eventually uproot smaller outlying communities.

10.   So far, half a dozen neighborhoods and outlying communities are flooded.