11.   The greater complaint is that executives are being paid for holding office during the bull market, rather than outperforming their peers.

12.   The money manager said his fund will probably outperform its peers if the broad stock market slumps.

13.   The study found the students from the smaller classes continued to outperform their peers even when transferred to larger classes in the fourth grade.

14.   When interest rates are falling, as they are now, the locked in reinvestment level helps them outperform their peers.

15.   Yet smaller banks, such as Centura Banks Inc., MBNA Corp., Star Banc Corp. and Capital One Financial Corp. manage to outperform their peers by some measures.