1.   Because most top runners participate in only a handful of marathons a year, they run in races with the highest possible payoff.

2.   But with big payoffs possible, they are eager to find other shows they can turn into movies.

3.   Clinton has surely overstated the possible payoff from his optimistic and flawed formula that growing trade inevitably will foster political liberalization in China.

4.   Prosecutors, who also told that court that they are investigating possible payoffs by Hendrick dealerships to other Honda officials, declined to comment.

5.   The study would take years, but the possible payoffs are enormous, ornithologists said.

6.   Yamaichi Securities Co. was raided yesterday in connection with possible payoffs to Koike.

7.   Swiss investigators say they suspect it came from drug trafficking and Mexican officials have investigated possible payoffs in exchange for public favors.