21.   Arco also has stakes in natural gas prospects in Qatar and Dubai.

22.   At that point, the young companies often land in a public stock market with a seemingly insatiable appetite for prospects in certain industries like telecommunications and the Web.

23.   Automakers remain optimistic about long-term prospects in Brazil, which has a growing middle class eager to buy cars.

24.   Ayala Sr. said he thinks his son, one of the top boxing prospects in the country before his legal problems, is still championship caliber.

25.   Bannister said she upgraded her rating because of strong prospects in theme parks, resorts, animated films and home videos.

26.   Baseball America ranked him as the top pure hitter and power hitter among all high school players and the eighth-best prospect in the entire draft.

27.   Baseball America recently said we have more big league prospects in our system than any other team in baseball.

28.   Baseball America rates Henson, Melian and Yarnall as the third-, fifth- and sixth best prospects in the Yankees system.

29.   Besides, his prospects in Virginia are zero to none.

30.   Best Buy faces an equally daunting prospect in its fight with Circuit City Stores Inc.