41.  Houston, the largest city in Texas, is the seat of Harris County.

42.  Houston is now the largest city in the country with one metropolitan daily newspaper, but it is not alone.

43.  If L.A. adopts the ban, it would be the largest city to do so, on the heels of Chicago and West Hollywood.

44.  If Garcia wins in November, Nuevo Laredo will be the largest city in Mexico governed by a woman.

45.  If Phoenix loses the service, it would become the largest city in the nation without passenger rail service.

46.  In Diyarbakir, the largest city in the southeast, the police at first harassed filmgoers but now allow showings to proceed freely.

47.  In Juarez, the largest city in a dairy and meat region, the fight against imports has turned ugly.

48.  In Kandahar, the largest city in the arid south, it is not only locals who are thinking about an American attack.

49.  In Lagos, the largest city, slums have been destroyed by ethnic violence, and some residents have angrily called for a return to military rule.

50.  In Poland, as in many other European countries, unemployment is much lower in the capital and largest city than in the rest of the country.