61.   Lane is also a top performer on the cross-country ski team, another state championship squad coached by Morse.

62.   Most sales managers would probably say their top performers rely on their natural gifts and a few rules of the game.

63.   Moreover, several staff members who received outside offers have stayed put, and one top performer who had been lured away by a start-up actually returned.

64.   Neither fund, though, has been a top performer for investors.

65.   No U.S. corporation was more profitable than Exxon last year, and Mobil was also among the top performers.

66.   None was among the top five performers last year.

67.   NatWest Bank and Barclays were among the top performers on the back of positive analyst comments from Credit Lyonnais Laing and ABN Amro Hoare Govett.

68.   Nichols said she worked out an arrangement so the employee, a top performer, could work from her home with a computer.

69.   Nichols, a line manager, said she believes employers such as Chase have become more conscious about taking better care of their top performers.