1.   Although the acting is quietly spectacular, the standout performer is Shawn.

2.   And while New Jersey may be a standout performer locally, the rest of the United States has moved ahead much faster.

3.   A standout performer among investment newsletter writers last year was a stock market bear whose most recent gains came thanks to a frothy market.

4.   Farmer and Paus were the standout performers.

5.   Microsoft, Intel, Cisco Systems and Dell Computer, seen by many as the cornerstones of the technology sector, were standout performers Tuesday.

6.   Pequot has been a standout performer.

7.   Still, stocks of financial services companies, which stand to benefit if interest rates stabilize or start to fall, were the standout performers.

8.   Technology stocks, which dominate the Nasdaq index, were once again the standout performers among equities.

9.   The conference is again marked by standout individual performers.

10.   To get a raise, the experts say, you first have to be a standout performer and, second, you have to prove it.