1.   Alas, mythology usually relates that those who dare to challenge the gods pay a stiff price for their temerity.

2.   Some worry that certain pieces of the technology business could be hurt by a slowing economy and stiff price competition.

3.   American business is paying a stiff price for Chinese piracy.

4.   Analysts said the acquisitions would help Wachovia make up for lost time, but at a stiff price.

5.   A pretty stiff price, actually, they added.

6.   Delabare said Club Med was facing stiff price competition from rivals including Nouvelles Frontieres SA of France and Sandals of the U.S.

7.   For many refugee children, an unusually wide generation gap may have led to youthful mistakes that now carry a stiff price, Sawn said.

8.   For most of them, this marks some kind of growth, but they have to pay stiff personal prices for widening their horizons.

9.   Hence the rather stiff price.

10.   If Beijing succeeds without paying a stiff international price, freedom in China will experience a heavy and lasting defeat.