11.   Carrey tries to emulate Capra favorite Jimmy Stewart, but his performance comes off as self-conscious and forced.

12.   For Rodriguez and Martinez, those top-notch performances have come to be regarded as commonplace.

13.   For some reason, Alexander could sense this well-beyond-OK performance was coming.

14.   Her final performance came at her favorite D.C. club, Blues Alley.

15.   His performance came one day after finishing fourth in the CART event at Nazareth, Pa.

16.   His first gold medal performance had come eight years earlier in Montreal.

17.   However, the most engaging performances come from the secondary characters referred to in the title.

18.   None of this has discouraged a major Heisman campaign at UCLA for Stokes, whose premier performance came last October against Washington.

19.   Once upon a time, performance did not come in family-friendly packages.

20.   One excellent way is to check the past advice these newsletters have given to determine whether their performance comes anywhere near matching their claims.