1.   About a dozen countries compete regularly in World Cup.

2.   All this raises questions about whether Eastern bloc countries can compete in world markets with Cold War-era technology.

3.   Countries still compete, just as athletes do, only on bigger fields and under very different rules.

4.   Countries will compete next spring in regional divisions for berths in the Olympic Games.

5.   Each country is competing for the medium-range passenger jet market.

6.   Lower U.S. interest rates may enable Mexico to lower its borrowing costs as the two countries compete for the private investment necessary to fund their economic development.

7.   Lower U.S. interest rates may enable Mexico to reduce its borrowing costs as the two countries compete for the private investment necessary to fund economic development.

8.   Mexican money-market yields often rise in tandem with U.S. rates as both countries compete for the private investment needed to fund government operations and economic development.

9.   Mexican rates are closely linked to those in the U.S. since both countries must compete for the private capital needed to fund their respective economic development.

10.   The country competed against other Intel sites for the plant, he said.