51.   Helena Bonham Carter gives the performance of her career so far, as a desperate woman scheming to use love as an escape hatch from social entombment.

52.   How about a medium-fee fund that gives middling performance?

53.   Holm gives a performance that is deliberately understated at first but that slowly warms up, just as Gould did after a few drinks.

54.   Holy Bull, who is owned and trained by Jimmy Croll, gave his performance during a one-day round trip from his home on the Jersey Shore.

55.   I think I gave him performances that he accepted, but we were never terribly close.

56.   If W., who has been winging it on foreign affairs, had given a shakier debate performance Wednesday, the race might be over.

57.   In a way, these recordings recall those of Schnabel, who also simply went into the studio and gave his performance, wrong notes and all.

58.   In a gutsy, gripping film that is unmistakably a labor of love, Duvall gives the performance of his career.

59.   In any case, they gave stirring performances Friday.

60.   In a gutsy, gripping film that is unmistakably a labor of love, Robert Duvall gives the performance of his career.