1.   A sensitive soul walked into this town like a white missionary into a malarial swamp.

2.   Coming from a little town like Westfield, we were all accepted.

3.   In a town like Manila, nobody reaches first base without connections.

4.   Nearer to hand there are inviting lake or valley towns like Riva, gateway to the Dolomites.

5.   News travels fast in a small town like this.

6.   Now towns like Summerton have been given a lift by a law the state assembly passed last year.

7.   Weldon is within easy reach of major towns like Leicester, Peterborough and Northampton.

8.   Being in a small town like this is like living in a fishbowl.

9.   The timber and stone houses which made towns like Brunswick, Nuremberg, Frankfurt and Hildesheim so attractive have nearly all disappeared.

10.   -- their paths have crossed before.