The "urbs"- as Romans would call the physical form of the city - was nothing other than the result of the "civitas", the community of the citizen.
This offered the advantage of a single port of call for the City's big financial conglomerates, but held the risk that they might get unduly caught up in rules to protect the individual consumer.
"I loved the idea of a small part of the city that I call home coming together and using tattooing as the medium for the sake of a community art project, " said Josh Weinel, 36, a participant in the project.
And during the crippling blizzard of 2010, the call system was overwhelmed as the city was preparing to install new technology.
The Coast Guard said the freighter's last port of call was believed to be Gonaives, Haiti's fourth largest city that was the recent scene of rebel activity.
"The city will not suffer what you could call a water crisis, " said Ramon Aguirre of the Mexico City water department.
Some 11.9 million people live in the bustling city, according to the latest census from 2001, though the municipal government says up to 14 million may call the city on the Arabian Sea home, with thousands of migrants arriving daily.
To find out more, I had a call with the CTO of New York City-based Converseon, Jeff Doak.
Turning to May's local government elections - where the SNP wants to win control of Glasgow City Council from Labour - Mr Salmond said voters had the chance to call time on the party's "local fiefdoms".
Local talls, as they call themselves, use monthly meetings of the Tall Club of New York City as a networking venue.
Mr Kabila, however, is enjoying huge popularity in Kinshasa after his nationalist call to arms last month to resist the rebels at the gates of the city.
Hundreds of city workers, including teachers, in Oakland, joined the call for a strike.
Residents who have been able to call out reported gas and water were unavailable for a radius well beyond the city of about 1 million.
The 2010 U.S. Census, which showed Detroit lost 24 percent of its population over the last decade, was a wake-up call to many city officials and residents.
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Successful graduates of the course benefit from an employment guarantee with a call-center partner in nearby Bacolod City.
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The leader of the Ulster Unionist party, Mike Nesbitt, has called on the organisers of Saturday's flag protest in Belfast city centre to call it off.
Come the April 25 draft fans will descend upon New York City's famed Radio City Music Hall in hopes of hearing their favorite club call the name of a left tackle who can protect their quarterback's blindside for the next decade.
Nearly 480, 000 people (40% of residents) commute by bike each day, causing some to call Copenhagen the number one cycling city in the world.
Most opponents have rallied around a call for repeal of the law, which would be impossible to pass through the Assembly led by New York City Democrats who have long championed gun control measures.
With a new state of the art ball park and a growing roster of all stars, Miami can finally have a ball club that the city is actually proud to call their own.
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Since then, Fox's soundstages have hosted a cattle call of largely U.S.-funded productions, from Dark City to Babe: Pig in the City, The Matrix, M:I-2 and Red Planet.
Capello's squad announcement on Saturday included a call for Manchester City full-back Micah Richards, a player who had not featured in any of the Italian's previous squads while Arsenal duo Jack Wilshere and Kieran Gibbs were also named.
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