1.  As in other great cities, dining is an integral part of Sydney's culture.

2.  Despite her supposed discomfort with luxury, she seems to know all about the best stores, restaurants, hotels and great cities in Europe.

3.  Diversity is the hallmark of a great city.

4.  Even when criticism is negative, it is part of the fabric that holds a great city together.

5.  Ever so briefly, Atlanta will live up to its claim to be the next great international city.

6.  Except for Sydney's fireworks, paid for by corporate sponsors, celebrations in the other great cities were government-financed.

7.  Every great city has a sense of a physical presence that is very much its own which joins with its cultural ambitions to make the place sizzle.

8.  For all its success, Atlanta is still firmly a great place to do business rather than a great city of the world.

9.  For centuries ballet has flourished in some of the world's great cities, and nowhere more than in the New York of the last 50 years.

10.  For them to be shut down would be a great disservice to a lot of great cities who have been keeping the flame of baseball alive."