st: maximum of a list of values

["NEYMOTIN, FLORENCE" <neymotin@calmail.berkeley.edu>]

also, one more question:

If I want to get the maximum of the first entry of a bunch of entries, then is there a way to do 
this in shorthand? i.e. suppose I want the maximum of x1[1,1], x2[1,1], x3[1,1], x4[1,1], x5[1,1], 
x6[1,1], x7[1,1] x8[1,1], then I thought it was possible to write:  max(x1[1,1],...,x8[1,1]) but 
this isn't giving me all of the values in between.
thanks,
florence
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