Too bad they couldn't bring in more top-tier talent.    From Wordnik.com.  [Cheers & Jeers: Can Tyra Banks Revamp Top Model?] Reference

Perriello favors letting the top-tier tax cuts expire.    From Wordnik.com.  [A tale of two districts: Connolly, Perriello split on extending Bush tax cuts] Reference

So top-tier consumers are looking for ways to stand out.    From Wordnik.com.  [There’s Nothing Else Like It In The World] Reference

They don't have the millions the top-tier candidates have.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Jul 16, 2007] Reference

These top-tier suppliers alone represent 3,000 American jobs.    From Wordnik.com.  [Jared Bernstein: Chrysler Emerges From its Dark Days] Reference

It is also a pipeline for top-tier professional baseball talent.    From Wordnik.com.  [Venezuelan Youth Dream of Baseball Careers in US Leagues] Reference

In other words, climate change was hardly a top-tier campaign issue.    From Wordnik.com.  [Ed Chen: Cap and Trade Wasn't Castle's Undoing] Reference

The same question holds true for those within the top-tier of said schools.    From Wordnik.com.  [Christie Garton: The (Hidden) Cost of College] Reference

It will be at least another year before a federal top-tier program kicks off.    From Wordnik.com.  [Topten guide to energy-efficient appliances plans fall launch in the U.S.] Reference

In China's top-tier cities, vacancy rates are high by international standards.    From Wordnik.com.  [Insurers Are Likely to Boost China Property Demand] Reference

There's a lot of top-tier candidates who would like to have that kind of cash.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Jan 18, 2008] Reference

Rents in top-tier Manhattan office buildings are still some 20% off their peak.    From Wordnik.com.  [On the Horizon, a New Manhattan Skyline] Reference

The cash has helped him wean away dozens of top-tier members from the insurgency.    From Wordnik.com.  [Portrait of a Shadow] Reference

     China White in the trunk in the dream, top-tier on the Stairway To Heaven.    From Wordnik.com.  [An Old Sweet Song] Reference

ZTE is looking to expand its cooperation with top-tier mobile operators in the U.S.    From Wordnik.com.  [Chinese Tech Firms Plan for More Android Devices] Reference

 Almost makes me think my grandson might be a CIA operative, or a top-tier criminal.    From Wordnik.com.  [Amputee] Reference

ROBERTS: What did you think of the mixing it up between the three top-tier candidates?.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Jun 4, 2007] Reference

Carey compares the community college results with top-tier research university results.    From Wordnik.com.  [America's best community colleges] Reference

Jonathan Alter breaks off from the top-tier pack to write about Joe Biden and Chris Dodd.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Editor’s Desk] Reference

Nothing induces the urge to shop more than attending top-tier fashion shows in glamorous cities.    From Wordnik.com.  [Where to Acquire A Model Wardrobe] Reference

Some candidates considered sleepers could spoil plans laid out by some of the top-tier candidates.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Dec 26, 2007] Reference

Release more of your top-tier films across the whole calendar -- even if you think a film's Oscar-worthy.    From Wordnik.com.  [Decision 2004] Reference

That has major economic implications, given that the wage premium on a top-tier degree has never been higher.    From Wordnik.com.  [This Rampart Is Rising] Reference

But how highly they place among top-tier states depends on which expert is asked and what measurement is cited.    From Wordnik.com.  [Maryland schools No. 1? Depends on who's grading.] Reference

Some candidates considered sleepers could spoil plans laid out by some of the top-tier candidates, as they're called.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Dec 26, 2007] Reference

Even at their most successful, top-tier media institutions have never adhered to a simple, or single, business model.    From Wordnik.com.  [Dubious New Models for News] Reference

Fortunately for readers, this volume (which he wrote with Suzy Welch, his wife) provides a top-tier mentoring session.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Jack Welch way of winning] Reference

Fashion models in low-cut dresses mingled with septuagenarian rabbis and top-tier politicians like Benjamin Netanyahu.    From Wordnik.com.  [An Israeli Ross Perot] Reference

All of the top-tier candidates have published essays in Foreign Affairs outlining their vision of international relations.    From Wordnik.com.  [Projecting Power] Reference

BLITZER: You know, hovering over these four -- they used to be the top-tier candidates -- there's another top-tier candidate.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Nov 28, 2007] Reference

"The demand is huge, and we just can't keep up," says Charles MacPherson, whose eponymous firm trains top-tier domestic help.    From Wordnik.com.  [You Called For Me, Sir?] Reference

A top-tier Brazilian team is expected to play three times a week -- 80 games a year -- while European clubs typically play 60 games.    From Wordnik.com.  [THE FALL OF FOOTBALL] Reference

The result, says Lampl, is that top-tier universities in Britain are excluding some 3,000 qualified state-school students every year.    From Wordnik.com.  [This Rampart Is Rising] Reference

Besides the first and business-class passengers, these lounges are also used for the top-tier elites, the so-called Star Alliance Gold.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Apr 12, 2008] Reference