51.  Among her group's tasks was to analyze an epidemic of dangerous telephone failures that swept American cities in June and July of 1991.

52.  As a result, Topeka beat out eight other American cities to become the only other venue for "Treasures of the Czars."

53.  For example, Midwest Express's hubs are in Milwaukee and Omaha, not the top tier of American cities.

54.  Former Defense Secretary William Cohen says American cities need to be prepared for the possibility of a biological or chemical attack at the hands of terrorists.

55.  For several months, the FBI has started monitoring Hamas supporters in a number of American cities.

56.  For some reason, when rich people in other American cities were buying first-rate Old Masters, San Franciscans were buying French decorative knickknacks.

57.  Frayling sees Fort Worth as a uniquely American Renaissance city.

58.  Further, among old American cities with an aging housing stock, New York is one of the very few that is gaining population.

59.  For this American city girl, who'd never tasted a fig that wasn't Newton'd, it was like paradise.

60.  From its devil-may-care attitude to its festivals, parades and parties, New Orleans prides itself on being unlike any other American city.