31.   Leyland and the Pirates won three consecutive division championships not long ago, then watched as economics stripped them of their best talent.

32.   LSU again has the best talent in the Western Division.

33.   Michigan has the best talent.

34.   NFL teams draft the best talent available, more often than not from the best college programs.

35.   Players win and the best talent wins.

36.   Smith Barney wants to make sure it holds onto the best talent it bought in the merger with Salomon, executive recruiters said.

37.   Slightly retooled, motivated by their own shortcomings, still loaded with the best talent money can buy, the Lakers once again eye a title run.

38.   Studios also believe they can wait, because they have access to the best talent.

39.   The Avs still might have the best talent in the West, but injuries and seeming lack of control by coach Bob Hartley is starting to wear them down.

40.   The company says the new plan will help it attract and keep the best talent in the high-tech marketplace.