IBM's top-ranked U.S.city is Houston - a sprawling metropolis on the Gulf Coast of Texas.

VOA: standard.2010.07.26

The metropolis, well, it's a place of ambivalence, a place of promise and of threat, of exultation and also of dread.

都市是一个自相矛盾的地方，既有希望，又有威胁，喜悦与恐惧相伴而存在。

耶鲁公开课 - 现代诗歌课程节选

Shanghai Morning Post said Mr Zhao's short comedy was a "fixture" of the national live telecast, while Guangzhou's Southern Metropolis Daily said his annual play was an "essential dish" in everybody's New Year's Eve dinner.

BBC: China morning round-up: Lunar New Year

The city's health code specifically forbids it, forcing pig owners in the nation's largest metropolis to keep their swine secret or take the risk an unhappy neighbor might squeal.

WSJ: Pigs May Fly Before Finding a Legal Home in the City

The city's health code specifically forbids it, forcing pig owners in the nation's largest metropolis to keep their swine secret or take the risk an unhappy neighbor might squeal.

WSJ: New Yorkers boldly flout law to keep pigs