1.   As for the company, it went from worst to first in the corporation-the best performer of all.

2.   I guess Wilkinson was furious that his best performer would circumvent him and talk to me instead.

3.   Strasser pointed to the construction, cable, chemical, tire and engineering industries as the likely best performers this year.

4.   Turnover rates have Declined, particularly for those employees considered by managers the best performers.

5.   Even the best performers sometimes get a tickle in their throats -- Jose Carreras warming up for the first night of the Sudeley Summer Festival.

6.   Already this year, stock and bond markets in emerging economies have been among the best performers.

7.   Among the best performers on the day were technology stocks.

8.   Among the best performers were semiconductor stocks, many of which are listed on the rival Nasdaq Stock Market.

9.   Among the best performers, he said, will be mortgage bonds priced at a slight premium.

10.   Among technology fund managers, the best performers are those who have switched nimbly among different parts of the industry, like software and hard drives.