His next-oldest brother was well on the way to a sterling career as an architect and builder, working as the right-hand man of one of the most respected architects in Alta City.

That's understandable, since he's from New York and obviously he's had a sterling career.

By all accounts, Bishop Corson led a sterling career as an Episcopal Leader.

"I know what it takes to win events," Creamer said of her sterling, though short, amateur career.

No one disputes that Mr. Jones had a sterling career at the Air Force Academy and as an active-duty F-4 Phantom pilot.

Mills had a sterling career with the Saints (alongside Mora) and the Carolina Panthers.

More to the point, he has said, he knows his way around the netherworld of counterintelligence through contacts he built during a sterling career as a lieutenant colonel in the Special Forces.

He cited the demotion from Sergeant Major of the Army at the time of the charge, the attendant loss of pay and retirement benefits and the humiliating end to a sterling career.

Music lovers, notably those within earshot of Boston, will know that Lynn Chang has had a sterling career as a violin soloist, chamber musician and pedagogue.

Ryan, however, had one of the longest careers of any player, whereas Koufax's sterling career was cut short in its prime by arthritis and arm trouble.