11.   When it comes to imagining what went on among our illustrious predecessors, Stoppard simply has no competition.

12.   Zoon met his illustrious predecessor not in Boston but in Chicago, where they were both serving on the jury of a competition.

13.   It will give Eldredge more American crowns than such illustrious predecessors as Scott Hamilton, Brian Boitano, Hayes Jenkins and David Jenkins.

14.   Stojko knows how he wants to approach the moment when he steps on the ice, seeking a coronation his illustrious predecessors never experienced.