71.   No-brainers, as it turns out, also happen to be top performers in the mutual-fund world.

72.   Other top performers were less stereotypically Gallic.

73.   Other top performers were Harbor International and Ivy International.

74.   Other top performers were PBHG Emerging Growth and Baron Asset Fund.

75.   Others are probably trend-followers, jumping into whatever investment is the top performer of late.

76.   Other times, they are top performers or sub-par performers who cannot or will not mesh in.

77.   Other top performers were Massachusetts retailers and consumer products companies.

78.   Other top performers will likely be power generation systems, which analysts said had a restructuring charge a year ago, and medical systems.

79.   Rafael A. Herrera has been tapped on the shoulder as a top performer with a lot of potential.

80.   Regionally, South America, Africa and Asia have been top performers, it said.