11.   But those same American television viewers have to wonder whether what they are watching is athletic competition or scripted production.

12.   For months, Secretary of State Madeleine K. Albright has tried to warn the world that Sudan sponsors terrorist groups the way other countries sponsor athletic competitions.

13.   He has heard about the realities, but he prefers to make idealistic films that extol athletic competition.

14.   He is still blacklisted from athletic competition, or from holding a state job or any post related to sports, his lifelong passion.

15.   I am an above-average fan of athletic competition.

16.   I think if you just look at those animals running and how they thrive on that sort of athletic competition, you get the idea.

17.   If cooking were an athletic competition, these restaurants would be Olympic medalists.

18.   In addition to images of professional athletes, the cards include recorded interviews, trivia questions, commentary and live-action sound from athletic competitions.

19.   In no other athletic competition are the playing fields as respected as the athletes.

20.   In truth, drug use is the shadow contest of the Games, as trained for and as fiercely fought as the athletic competitions.