1.   The main character, Fleur, is a conniving woman who will do almost anything to defeat her rivals.

2.   A political chasm separates Lungren, the Republican, and Davis, who defeated two rivals to become the Democratic nominee.

3.   According to Lange and Domke, Cains lie to get ahead, to hold onto power, to control peers or defeat rivals.

4.   In addition, men often use their alliances to defeat rivals and abduct or rape their women, as painfully illustrated by recent events in Bosnia.

5.   It emerges that the good Godzilla can only defeat his rival with the help of King Seeser, a legendary monster god embodying the spirit of Okinawa.

6.   She needs to defeat five rivals to earn the right to challenge U.S. Sen. Rick Santorum in the fall.

7.   Then they defeated conference rival Purdue by a point and here they are.

8.   Real Madrid had no trouble defeating city rival Rayo Vallecano.

9.   Alexandra Meissnitzer proved Sunday why she leads the World Cup overall standings, easily defeating her rivals in giant slalom to claim her sixth season win.

10.   But Australia is confident of defeating its rival, captain Mark Taylor said Sunday.