11.   Dennis is the hottest thing to hit Chicago since Al Capone, and he now stops traffic all over the country.

12.   For right now, though, this is about the hottest thing on the market.

13.   For a few months, Wallace was the hottest thing going.

14.   He might be the hottest thing since Joe Camel.

15.   He was letting Mike Cameron know supplies were running low on the hottest thing in the Mariners clubhouse.

16.   He was the hottest thing in the game, the one who was to come, and people were beginning to speak of him in mythological terms.

17.   It appears the hottest thing this summer is soaking.

18.   Java is the hottest thing in the software industry right now, and a sure way for a start-up to get money and attention.

19.   Lagasse, one of the best-known chefs in New Orleans, has become the hottest thing cooking in the world of food television.

20.   No wonder it is the hottest thing on the youth market.