1.   Because security remains a concern, Stanley said he researched other lofty perches, including the Plexiglas-enclosed deck atop the Empire State Building in New York City.

2.   Behind the steering wheel, I had a commanding sense of the road as I looked forward from my lofty perch.

3.   For all its woes, Hongkong Bank still occupies a lofty perch in the commercial hierarchy.

4.   From their lofty perch, the workers are cleaning the gouges of debris, applying an adhesive and then filling in the damage with a foamy material.

5.   From the lofty perch of Baltit Fort, the rulers of Hunza once presided over their domain.

6.   From his lofty perch as general and major movie star, Redford gets to agonize over truth, justice and the American way.

7.   From the lofty editorial perches of New York flutter down condemnations cloaked in conflicting logic.

8.   Harvard needed to win to regain its lofty perch as ruler of this ancient encounter.

9.   No one expects Buenos Aires to regain its former lofty perch entirely.

10.   No Red Sox manager ever enjoyed the lofty perch upon which the Tuna sits.