1.   As a federal spending program, Medicare now ranks fourth behind Social Security, defense and debt service.

2.   Anna Kozlova and Tuesday Middaugh settled for fourth behind Russia, Japan and France.

3.   But now the company may drop to fourth behind those two rivals and Adidas AG.

4.   But too many early failures during the season left him in fourth behind eventual champion Gary Scelzi.

5.   Greg Norman slipped to third despite tying for fourth behind Lehman, while Colin Montgomerie and Nick Price remain fourth and fifth respectively.

6.   His three Derby winners ranks in a tie for fourth behind Eddie Arcaro, Bill Hartack and Bill Shoemaker.

7.   Idealism finished a poor fourth behind drugs, sex and something to do.

8.   Most preseason magazines had the Bruins tabbed a distant fourth behind Arizona, Stanford and USC.

9.   On the restart, Sprague slipped to fourth behind Ruttman, Bown and Lonnie Rush, none of whom pitted for fuel.