71.   There was China, which had boycotted those Games because Taiwan was allowed to compete as the Republic of China.

72.   They decided first that the company was too small to compete as a global operator to serve multinationals and too small to compete with big European telecoms.

73.   They would compete as freshmen on quasi-probation.

74.   Thirteen international teams, including five U.S. syndicates, are competing as challengers.

75.   To compete as a skipper, sailing demands a considerable measure of brainpower and detached, methodical thinking.

76.   Today, we compete as parents the way we once competed for boyfriends.

77.   Two Afghanistans will compete as Dobbins and other American officials try to organize the conference.

78.   Umax appears well-positioned to compete as a PC company.

79.   Were he to compete as an independent, however, he would finish only third, narrowly behind both Clinton and Dole.

80.   When new projects were sent out for bids last year, contractors already had jobs stacked up and did not compete as hard for new work.