"But the weekends with my grandparents became the real center for me," she added.

Even political leaders seem ancillary to the real center of power.

But the real center of attention last night was the new second baseman.

I lost all desire to go back to Houston, to ride in circles around a city that had no real center.

"This is going to be a real center of learning."

Throughout the entire 19th century the school was a real center of intellectual activity.

The town itself is unlike others in the area, as it has no real centre.

Thus, the Knicks will once again begin a season without a real center.

"You just said that the real center of America was a hog farm."

"But the model did not have a social dimension at the real center," he said.