21.   It was hailed again Thursday when it took top honors at the Hatch Awards, which salutes the best creative efforts of New England ad agencies.

22.   Jackie Joyner-Kersee was to have made a bid to take back top honors.

23.   Magazines Win Awards Six magazines took top honors last week at an annual awards competition sponsored by Circulation Management magazine, published by Ganesa Corp.

24.   Nobody gets bent out of shape if someone else snags top honors.

25.   Not surprisingly, the UCLA Medical Center and Cedars-Sinai Medical Center each received top honors.

26.   Oldsmobile won the top honors for light truck sales satisfaction.

27.   Pointedly, he was awarded the top literary honor in Spain, the Cervantes Prize, six years after receiving the Nobel Prize.

28.   Radu Lupu takes the top honors, but heads back to the Moscow Conservatory for more polish.

29.   Sampras and Muster were considered insiders for top honors here as well.

30.   Right now, Germany and Sweden seem to be vying for top honors in the automotive beauty race.