11.   It was just three years ago that the Stars won the ultimate prize in sports, the Stanley Cup.

12.   Like most players who have been in the game awhile without realizing the ultimate prize, Johnson wants a crack at the World Series.

13.   Russia is awash in oil, and while Russian companies are busily acquiring assets in Europe, the ultimate prize is America.

14.   That has been done, but the ultimate prize is in danger of eluding the Knicks as their key players get older.

15.   That prize, the ultimate prize, was worth the pain, I suppose.

16.   The big boys are Jeff Gordon and Mark Martin, who have their eyes on the ultimate prize, the Winston Cup championship.

17.   The House campaigns, just two years apart, demonstrate a similarity between these famous sons, who now stand just a step away from the ultimate political prize.

18.   The outcome could dictate first place in various rankings to go with the inside track toward the ultimate prize.

19.   The ultimate prize, of course, with products like the Crosspad is the ability to translate notes into standard computer text.

20.   The ultimate prize, though, is the market that serves New York City and northern New Jersey.