101.   Payton earned the right to be exempt from a trip to a hostile place.

102.   Players have to earn their right to get a paycheck every week.

103.   Professional football is serious stuff but after six years in the National Football League he has earned the right to take a lighthearted look at his profession.

104.   Political parties turn their backs on presidential candidates defeated by a wide margin, but Gore has earned the right to try again.

105.   Pro football is not about testing rookies, practice squad players, or reserves who have not yet earned the right to be on the field.

106.   Quite apart from hard-ball politics, there is little question here that the party has earned the right to lead.

107.   Sampras, nonetheless, clearly has earned the right to decide when to say when, the same as Jordan.

108.   Schulz and his handlers believe he earned the right to be that fighter.

109.   She earned her right to be there.

110.   She earned the right to make the talk-show rounds and attend the Academy Awards.