1.  Arlington scored second overall in a new category, hometown security; the Tarrant County city gets high marks for its plan for responding to terrorism.

2.  DietMate gets high marks for flexibility, an element lacking in many magazine diets.

3.  Despite its travails, Vitria gets top marks from research outfits such as Gartner and Forrester Research.

4.  Dumble could still go to Sydney if she gets a qualifying mark by Sept. 11.

5.  DSS gets high marks from adoptive parents for the intensive 10-week parent training course it requires.

6.  Doll House gets high marks from Rebekah and her mom.

7.  Dumble could go to Sydney if she gets a qualifying mark by Sept. 11.

8.  Elizabeth Dole _ who has long been in the public eye and is used to the scrutiny _ gets high marks universally from fashion experts.

9.  Eddie Bauer and Lands' End also got high marks.

10.  Even if events have been more decisive than diplomatic skills in forging the new alliance, Chamberlin gets high marks from Pakistani officials for her part in the realignment.