1.  Artists' dependence on modern technology has reached its highest level yet, and not just in cyber-art.

2.  As a group, the Topix index of steel shares rose nearly half a percent to its highest level since Nov. 18, 1994.

3.  Cuban government officials "at the highest levels" contacted the Justice Department about Vesco's case, Russell said.

4.  Delays on European airline flights rose to their highest level in six years this summer as booming air travel overburdened the continent's air traffic control system and airports.

5.  Deposits at commercial banks rose by 20.7 percent from the same month a year earlier, the highest level in more than a year.

6.  Developers and investors have used this cash to push property values to their highest level in six years and to finance a wave of new construction.

7.  Didn't some of the men and women at the highest levels of government fess up to getting close to pot?

8.  Dixon was supposed to be too small to play college basketball at this level, much less one day play basketball at its highest level.

9.  Disruption of oil production from Cano Limon is currently at its highest level since 1992, when guerrillas attacked the duct 62 times.

10.  Debt payment now accounts for more than 14 percent of average take-home pay _ the highest level in 15 years.