21.   Many of the earliest American merchant stars were immigrants from Europe, often Jews who only had limited opportunities in most types of business.

22.   Luring American stars to Brazil is one of the main ways Brazilian ad agencies can make a big splash.

23.   Murray said agents for several American stars have told him that their clients are firmly behind Hull and would support a boycott.

24.   Not all the American stars could claim that last week.

25.   Not that the field of eight in this finals-only format was sluggish, even without the two American stars.

26.   Shirley Babashoff, the American star, was dismissed as a whiner when she raised the very real issue of drugs.

27.   The American star Michael Johnson withdrew with the leg injury he suffered in Atlanta.

28.   The American star only had to answer a few questions about her husband, whose Olympics credential had been lifted by the United States Olympic Committee.

29.   The average person needs to be introduced to these people, even the American stars.

30.   The most unhappy man concerning the lack of American stars is, as always, Borislav Stankovic, the Secretary General of FIBA, the international basketball governing body.