1.   Now that the election was over, he added, the president was determined to have a final showdown with the isolationists.

2.   Steve Jobs was convinced that Macintosh was the final showdown at the Computer Corral.

3.   And his final showdown with his father has the effect of a tiny firecracker.

4.   As NATO geared up for the final showdown Wednesday night, administration and NATO officials said they saw only a remote chance that Milosevic would back down.

5.   Democratic and Republican leaders clashed over public education issues Tuesday as Congress headed toward a final showdown over a national education testing program favored by President Clinton.

6.   Every video game has a final showdown.

7.   Gray does maintain some on-screen tension once the bullets start to fly, and the final showdown has its moments.

8.   Inevitably, all this lurches to a final showdown as the authorities close in on the Phantom while Christine must chose between Raoul and her secret mentor.

9.   One final showdown to reach the Finals.

10.   That left the final showdown up to Sasaki and Alex Rodriguez.