11.   In a sign of how intense the hiring trend is this year, competition is not limited to students with technical or graduate degrees or top honors.

12.   It also said some of those rules limit competition in financial markets and are incompatible with international standards.

13.   It would have separated the conference into California and mountain divisions and limited their competition to championship play.

14.   Many consider them hopelessly conservative and pampered by laws that limit international competition.

15.   Oil companies have denied working in collusion to limit competition.

16.   Others say limits on who can fly to La Guardia tend to favor well-entrenched airlines and limit competition.

17.   Some rules favor existing casinos by limiting competition while other laws could hurt riverboat profits.

18.   The department has tended to sell large tracts of vacant, unimproved land, which limits competition.

19.   The GAO said the government also sometimes served as an accomplice in limiting competition.

20.   The format is the same as the Olympics, but the competition will be limited to teams from North and South America.