81.   Tell it to the TV and radio sponsors being asked to pay top dollar.

82.   That means U.S. customers would have had to pay more dollars to import German wares.

83.   The Air Force also pays top dollar to Slavic linguists.

84.   The central government, noting that wealthy locals here are now paying top dollar to eat protected and even endangered species, is cracking down on the trade.

85.   The flip side, of course, is that investors, as buyers, may be paying top dollar.

86.   The guerrilla group never acknowledged responsibility for the crime, although several million dollars have been paid by a Canadian company to free them.

87.   The Japanese market is unique in that wholesalers want only the best fruits and vegetables -- and they are willing to pay top dollar for them.

88.   The management pays top dollar for top talent and trounces the competition.

89.   The produce Americans do get has often been passed up by the Japanese and Taiwanese who pay top dollar for top quality.

90.   The question bedeviling the Clinton administration now is whether the White House in fact became the most luxurious of hotels, available to those who could pay top dollar.