21.  As much as anything, that could give Modano the chance to take his game to the next level.

22.  Filling the crucial next level of jobs has gone a bit slower.

23.  For Bozeman, Thursday's game has the feel of a chance to pass onto the next level.

24.  For Taves and the Raiders, the next level is the Super Bowl.

25.  For us to step up to the next level, winning on the road is something we needed to do."

26.  Fox Sports West 2 isn't going to fill its programming with indoor lacrosse, so the next level is to get a hand in each cookie jar.

27.  For more resolution or larger prints, the next level up is the 35-mm single-lens-reflex camera.

28.  Fowler "did a good job reaching this plateau," he added, "but someone needs to help us reach the next level."

29.  For Savarese (36-1), the bout against Izon (19-2) represents an opportunity to step up to the next level.

30.  For the Cruise hero, each new challenge has the urgency of a do-or-die initiation rite into the next level of manhood.