The Mayor believes he was acting prudently, and there is no way really to know who is right.

Mayors in those cities must believe they know something that Mayor Giuliani does not.

It is hard to know whether that is really what the Mayor believes.

The Mayor believes the state board will award more generous contracts, sharply increasing the city's labor costs.

"The Mayor believes a great deal of his support came from people in Queens, and he wants to help them out in return."

"Whether the Mayor believes it, poverty and despair breed crime."

Unless your good sense told you that your Mayor would never believe that.

He said the Mayor believed incinerators could be operated safely.

"But perhaps the Mayor believes we have entered an era when stock markets always go up."

Does the Mayor believe people urinate in the streets by choice?