21.  And his running mate is a middle-of-the-road, no-nonsense rising Republican star named Frank Brogan, who has already won a statewide election as Florida education commissioner.

22.  And Don Cheadle, a rising star who is cast as Sammy Davis Jr., just about sneaks off with the movie.

23.  And Kate Forbes, a rising star with the Acting Company, is a delectable Lady Teazle, a marzipan beauty with a breathless air.

24.  And Texas-born Michelle Rodriguez, who landed the lead role in an open casting call, is being hailed as a rising star.

25.  And she was becoming recognized as a rising star.

26.  And that makes this rising star very happy.

27.  And the group is unofficially divided into serious contenders, rising stars and no-chance-in-Russian winters.

28.  Another is a rising star of the B.C. Legislature.

29.  Another possible Gore running mate is Maryland Lt. Gov. Kathleen Kennedy Townsend, a rising star in the Kennedy clan.

30.  Another rising star is expected to be Terry Lundgren, who was hired away in April from his post as president and chief executive of Neiman Marcus.