1.   On her high perch, she had the familiar feeling of exhilaration and apprehension.

2.   A fish eagle on a high perch took in the commanding view while the low, dark profile of a crocodile skimmed ominously through the water.

3.   A red-tailed hawk silently watched from its perch high on the branch of a dead mesquite at the edge of the calm water.

4.   From the high perch of a minaret, four leaders of a local mosque Thursday night searched the Western sky for the first sign of the crescent moon.

5.   Iula said his wife also grew tired of clambering down from her high perch in the Cherokee to deal with the needs of their children.

6.   On the peaks and in the valleys of Tora Bora, some holdout members of al-Qaida continue to menace tribal Afghan troops from high perches.

7.   Scientists already use unpiloted high-altitude balloons extensively to conduct some kinds of environmental monitoring and astronomical studies that require a perch high above most of the atmosphere.

8.   Three mean, nasty gargoyles look down upon New York City from their perch high atop a skyscraper enjoying all the racket and soot and rancor the city emits.

9.   They had used the bag to carry the monitor to its high perch.

10.   What do they have in common, apart from their high perch on the corporate ladder?