51.   League tables, as they are called, are compiled by Securities Data Co. of Newark, N.J., and are little known beyond Wall Street.

52.   So far this year, Goldman leads the league table for managing initial public offerings for these industries.

53.   Similarly, many of the top merger advisory deals require relatively little work and generate small fees, but can propel advisers high up the league tables.

54.   Still, Kay might be self-destructive, league tables duplicitous, and Oxford still be mediocre.

55.   The creation of Novartis, which received U.S. approval in December, pushed Roche off of first place in the Swiss drugmaker league table.

56.   The innumerate mind is currently struck by the fact that Oxford comes below Imperial College in assorted league tables.

57.   The more steel a nation produces the higher it is likely to rank in the global wages league table.

58.   The naivety comes in imagining that league tables will not evolve anyway.

59.   The quarterly rankings of securities firms, known as league tables, are closely watched within the industry as an indicator of which banks and brokerage houses are strongest.

60.   The United States tops most league tables for international competitiveness.