61.  Because they're charted by the government, credit-rating companies give them their highest ratings.

62.  Lee analyzed the numbers for three years and found that, among core courses, Nicholi's seminar received the highest overall rating all three years.

63.  MBIA and Ambac both have the highest possible ratings.

64.  Mitsubishi Motors officials declined to comment on the review of its A3 debt rating, which is the highest rating issued by the American credit ratings company.

65.  Moody's gave the note its highest rating of P-1.

66.  Morningstar already gives this fund its highest rating.

67.  Menlow predicts Netscape will open trading at least $5 above its estimated offering price range of $12 to $14 a share, his highest rating.

68.  Moody's also assigned its highest possible rating to Finland's domestic-currency debt, at Aaa.

69.  Moody's Investors Service, another debt-rating agency, has awarded Columbia its highest rating of Aaa since 1988, university officials said.

70.  NBC's medical drama "E.R." topped the week's ranking and won the highest rating for adults aged 18 to 49 with a 22.8 rating.