41.   His eyes glazed, he was slicing tape off his ankles and wrists when Howard Cross suddenly stood above him.

42.   His hesitation in large part was a tribute to a tournament in which no player had so far stood above his team.

43.   Huge ice blocks stand above the crust like icebergs.

44.   In a world where pro sports franchises are populated primarily by arrogant jerks, overpaid crybabies and self-indulgent prima donnas, the Rockets stand above the crowd.

45.   In the dream, Ms. Anderson stands above them on a tightrope, trying to keep her balance.

46.   In the heart of the February sweeps, ABC and NBC were able to reap the rewards of the Fox scandal while seeming to stand above the fray.

47.   It was an afternoon in the city, and the creator stood above the bustle, surveying his new world.

48.   It is a massive stone edifice in the center of town, built around an open courtyard in which a small, handsome mosque stands above an aquamarine fountain.

49.   Like the masts still standing above the rubble, they have not given up.

50.   Mothers and fathers stand above them, spectators with cameras pointed.