31.   For one weekend, the Ryder Cup brings world-class golfers together to compete as teammates representing their countries, rather than to compete as individuals for prize money.

32.   Grand opera houses have a way of competing as much with their offstage dramas as they do with their lavish productions.

33.   He began competing as a decathlete in Ukraine, a Soviet republic roughly the size of Texas.

34.   He determined to pursue his Utopian vision of a league founded on parity, one where all teams could compete as equals.

35.   Hitchcock said Turgeon is not healthy enough or confident enough to battle with the strength and determination needed to compete as a top-six forward.

36.   I was not able to compete as a junior for the United States.

37.   If we compete as nations, we can learn more about ourselves and, hopefully, come together as good citizens of one world.

38.   In his view, Star is competing as much with restaurants as with other supermarkets.

39.   In March, the International Olympic Committee granted him special permission to compete as a Dane in Atlanta, but the Kenyans had to approve.

40.   In two weeks, they will compete as the American doubles team against India at a Davis Cup match in Winston-Salem, N.C.