31.  As murder rates rise in American cities, so too does the tide of fear.

32.  As the national palate became more international, Thai restaurants started springing up in most American cities.

33.  As they spent a decade building TLC, they also helped construct an African-American music scene that rivals that of any American city.

34.  At a time when crime is dropping sharply in most American cities, Indianapolis has broken its homicide record in three of the last four years.

35.  At first they were booed in American cities.

36.  At that time, the company said it planned to acquire a delivery company in a major American city every month.

37.  At the same time, attention was ever more focused on the racial and cultural problems of American cities.

38.  At the same time, older American cities are decaying and forlorn.

39.  At the time, American cities were in despair.

40.  Atlanta faces the worst urban sprawl problem among American cities of more than one million in population, according to a study by the Sierra Club.