71.   A Commerce Department official who spoke on condition of anonymity emphasized that the two tests were not a head-to-head competition between the two methods.

72.   A group of small discount securities brokers said they are forming a trade association, reflecting the increasing competition between cut-rate investment firms and their full-service rivals.

73.   A new Sports Illustrated managing editor will emerge from a unique competition between Life magazine managing editor Daniel Okrent and Sports Illustrated assistant managing editor Bill Colson.

74.   A nuclear competition between the two countries continues.

75.   According to a California marine biologist, this may be the first example of sperm competition between species.

76.   Both oppose abortion and gun control measures, and both support taxpayer-financed competition between public and private schools.

77.   Business groups have long advocated competition between insurers as a way to control costs and improve the quality of care.

78.   But Boeing officials said all three deals were made after airlines waged an aggressive competition between Boeing and Airbus.

79.   But Brewer insisted that competition between cable companies and phone companies was not sufficient to guarantee genuine consumer choice.

80.   But every now and then there is a little fun to be had, a friendly competition between Bledsoe and his long-time backup, Scott Zolak.