21.   His fear, a commodity exchanged across the line of scrimmage every time he touched the ball, earned him the highest honor accorded to his profession.

22.   If a man is indisputably the best at a very important phase of the game, how, they ask, can he not be given the highest honor?

23.   In January, then-Defense Secretary William J. Perry presented Laney the Department of Defense Medal for Distinguished Public Service, its highest honor to a civilian.

24.   Its highest honor was the Double Cross, and its newspaper, The Pottsylvania Eavesdropper, was printed in invisible ink.

25.   Leigh Montville has won the coveted Ace award, the highest honor bestowed by and for the cable television industry.

26.   Like Roy Benavidez, Louis Richard Rocco earned his Medal of Honor, the highest honor for bravery, in Vietnam.

27.   On the police force for about a year, King was awarded the Medal of Valor, the highest possible honor.

28.   Phony hunters say they can verify the claims of highest military honors or elite service quickly because those groups are relatively small.

29.   Plots also are available to recipients of the highest military honors, from the Purple Heart to the Medal of Honor.

30.   President Clinton last week awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the highest American civilian honor, to Aung San Suu Kyi.