1.  Although he wants to continue writing popular fiction, he hasn't given up his desire to reach the next literary level.

2.  As for Austin, he was among the second-year players Parcells admonished to step up to the next level on the first day of camp.

3.  Detroit has get better defensively to get to the next level.

4.  Dogs that show exceptional aptitude graduate to the next level.

5.  Do's voice often cracks with emotion as he describes their life to come at the next evolutionary level.

6.  Don't be surprised if you see him at the next level someday."

7.  Each season, two or three designers break through, and promising talents that don't reach the next level fall by the wayside.

8.  Directors, the next level up, earn $100,000 to $125,000 in base salary but can net $500,000 to $900,000 after banking their bonuses.

9.  Dodds, 49, owner of Numerics Unlimited Inc., needs to rise to the next level where he'll consistently run on the lead lap.

10.  Doom and its spawn suffer from the repetition of blasting through monsters to capture two or three keys to get to the next level and start all over again.