1.  As a coach and sports administrator, he had done perhaps as much as anyone to make Kenyan athletes some of the best in the world.

2.  Defensively, a unit once considered one of the best in the AFC has some work to do before it regains that status.

3.  Defensively, the back line of Matthaus, Bixente Lizarazu, Sami Kuffour and Jens Jeremies might be the best in Europe.

4.  Degas had given the very best of himself to printmaking in one form or another, but he had never thought of it in terms of marketing.

5.  Denvir's colleagues say he's among the best in the business.

6.  CUNIBERTI-COLUMN (Lee's Summit, Mo.) _ Losing the best of oneself: when children leave the nest.

7.  Curbside Too, serving country French, is probably the best.

8.  Dermontti Dawson is probably the best.

9.  Describing relations with the United States as "the best we've ever had," he called on Washington "not to sour the whole thing."

10.  Description: Lists doctors rated as the best in their respective fields according to anonymous, ongoing surveys of about 30,000 physicians.