41.   Bloated brokerages are trying to slim down for the intense competition when Japan lets banks and insurers compete in the brokerage business over the next few years.

42.   Both stages of pipeline development have set off intense competition between those two countries, the newest manifestation of a centuries-old rivalry.

43.   A big reason for that is intense competition for power-generation contracts from European companies with government subsidies.

44.   A long way from Salt Lake City, it has been a wild week of intense competition in harsh snow and ice.

45.   A merger would create intense competition with the recently combined Burlington Northern Inc. and Santa Fe Co.

46.   ABC won the rights to the show after some intense competition to sign Hall from other networks, especially Fox Broadcasting.

47.   Aided by relaxed federal regulations, newly converted thrifts are turning to share buybacks as intense competition makes it harder to make sound loans and acquisition prices remain high.

48.   Bradley and Russell were waging an intense competition for a starting position, a job that Bradley won when Russell was forced from the lineup with a broken ankle.

49.   Brokers and real estate agents agree that apartment hunting is difficult because of a low turnover, which causes intense competition for available apartments.

50.   But AirTouch faces intense competition.