1.  APPLES-MINNEAPOLIS (Minneapolis, Minn.) _ Snow paralyzes some American cities and disheartens others.

2.  Delta now flies into Gatwick, London's second airport, from several American cities, including Boston, Orlando, Miami, Cincinnati and Atlanta.

3.  Currently the company operates two units that tour 95 American cities each year.

4.  Detroit's problems are even bigger than those of most other American cities.

5.  Despite a booming national economy and the creation of millions of jobs, many American cities still face a bewildering array of very serious problems.

6.  Do we want to be a European city or an American city built around motorways and detached housing?"

7.  Do people have the right to avoid AIDS, the main cause of death in young people in some American cities?

8.  Despite several years of economic growth, many American cities still have vacancy rates higher than 20 percent, their downtowns filled with see-through buildings.

9.  DRUG-STUDY _ A look at the federal government's first study to compare illicit heroin and cocaine markets in six American cities from the consumer's perspective.

10.  Drug corruption within police departments of American cities is widespread and kept hidden by the "code of silence" among police officers.