31.   But such an alignment could hurt shareholders by discouraging a buyer from paying top dollar for Gatorade.

32.   But when school districts need to buy property from the trust, they pay top dollar.

33.   But when you are paying top dollar, do you want your kid living in a hovel?

34.   Buying an airline ticket on short notice used to mean paying top dollar.

35.   Cashola is snapping up tickets for buyers in the Midwest who are ready to pay top dollar and follow their team to Candlestick Park.

36.   Carolco played a critical role in pushing costs upward by paying top dollar for actors, special effects and sets.

37.   Check overspending, and seek hidden value rather than paying top dollar.

38.   Compaq was set up to sell computers to corporations that were willing to pay top dollar.

39.   Compared with large, established businesses, emerging companies often lack the name recognition and ability to pay top dollar, and have fewer recruiting resources.

40.   Collectors and others who would pay top dollar would not buy something so readily recognizable as stolen, they said.