31.   Esrey, the longest tenured leader of any major telephone company, leads a company that has built rather than bought its way into the top ranks of telecommunications.

32.   Far more young Japanese than young Americans, for example, learn the violin, but while they become technically excellent, fewer reach the top rank.

33.   Fiorina took years to find the career that has taken her into top ranks of the computer industry.

34.   For Quantum, the deal appears to push it in the top ranks of disk producers both in volume and technology, Waid said.

35.   From the top ranks of the party on down, Democrats expressed determination not to be overconfident.

36.   Having been a woman whose roamings through Middle Eastern deserts and mountains put her in the top ranks of the fabled Royal Geographical Society makes her more so.

37.   Great art direction and infinite replay value push it to the top ranks.

38.   Hare is considered in the top rank of British playwrights today.

39.   Hare, with Harold Pinter and Tom Stoppard, is considered in the top rank of British playwrights today.

40.   He has seeded the top ranks of his administration with former military and KGB officials.