11.   Europe and Asia were particularly strong performers for IBM during the quarter.

12.   Fluor bucked the recent corporate trend of divesting noncore businesses by deciding to keep the coal division, which historically has been a strong performer.

13.   He has been a strong offensive performer, but his defensive deficiencies have been a point of contention with Gainey.

14.   If so, base metal stocks could be strong performers in the coming months.

15.   If there are two strong performers close to each other, they can use that as a negotiating tool.

16.   In industrials, United Technologies will continue to be a very strong performer.

17.   More important, the drug companies have continued to be strong financial performers.

18.   Ms. Poundstone and Wright are both strong performers, but where Ms. Poundstone is a great conversationalist, Wright is a great writer.

19.   Once a strong performer, Gillette Co. has stumbled, partly because of weak foreign currencies and difficulties at Duracell.

20.   One of them, Chris Hayes, produced three tackles against the Jaguars and has been a strong performer all year.