11.   Her best performance to date was third place in the World Junior Championships.

12.   There were many pluses in what was the best performance of the season so far, home or away.

13.   Although the Woodward Stakes perhaps featured the best field of any horse race this year, the best performance Saturday might have come two races earlier.

14.   An improving outlook for economic growth and inflation spurred U.S. markets last week to their best weekly performance since early August.

15.   And late in the movie, William Hurt gives his best performance in years as an Auschwitz survivor brutalized by the Stalinists.

16.   And the Angels made sure to give their best offensive performance, headed by center fielder Jim Edmonds.

17.   Another surprise was British dance-pop group Jamiroquai winning best performance by a duo or group, topping proven acts Fleetwood Mac and the Rolling Stones.

18.   Apparently taking those words to heart, Thompson concluded her portion of the trials with her best performance.

19.   As a rebellious member of the regiment, Washington delivers possibly his best performance, one that earned him a supporting actor Oscar.

20.   Armin Mueller-Stahl gives the best performance as a doctor who refuses to tell the Nazis who owns the radio that has restored hope to the ghettos.