1.   At the same time, Fox boasted of its strongest performance in any sweep month since it became a seven-night-a-week network.

2.   Beyond lovers Field and Bratt, Stacy Keach gives the strongest performance as Sam Houston.

3.   But the strongest performance comes from Venora, a Shakespearean veteran who herself played the prince onstage.

4.   Credit Acceptance Corp., which provides financial services to auto dealers, turned in the strongest performance.

5.   In the U.S. food division, the ice-cream business -- which carries high margins -- put in the strongest performance.

6.   Inflation remained under control even as the economy chalked up its strongest performance of the year.

7.   Inflation remained under control even as the economy chalked up its strongest performance since the third quarter of last year, the Commerce Department said.

8.   It may say something about the film that the strongest performance is delivered by McDowell, who has never been a scintillating actress.

9.   It was their strongest performance of the season -- a combination of strong defense, disciplined offense and consistent effort.

10.   Minnesota stocks turned in their strongest performance in two weeks, led by Minnesota Educational Computing Corp., which agreed to be acquired by SoftKey International Inc.