21.   Allegations were never proved that my mother rigged the selection process, although she always ended up with the top prize, a golden, molded wax ball.

22.   But history tells us that the worst team rarely gets that top prize.

23.   But in the past, the top prize of its piano division has been even more prestigious than the Cliburn.

24.   Defying his father, who wanted him to become a mining engineer, Hickam went on to win a top prize in the National Science Fair in Indianapolis.

25.   Even so, top prize winners from these competitions are likely to consider competing in the Cliburn as the final step up.

26.   Following is the recipe that took the top prize -- a trip to Australia for the Olympics -- in the Chicken of the Sea recipe contest.

27.   For New York, which saw itself as politically savvy, they devised a sweepstakes with a top prize of dinner with the mayor at Gracie Mansion.

28.   For many athletes, that is the cherished top prize of their sport.

29.   He and Gore seem to be trying to out-sanctimony one another, the top prize going to the first one to sprout wings and a halo.