21.   Analysts were expecting costs to rise as UBS joined rivals in a bidding war for top talent.

22.   Analyst Rudd said she doubts that Sonat Offshore wants to start a bidding war for Transocean and may decide to let its earlier offer stand.

23.   And exactly what is fair in the war for love?

24.   And appealing to that passion certainly helps companies in the war for talent.

25.   And Bob Dole is talking about a cultural war for the soul of America.

26.   And they argue that the Serbs fought a war for separation, which should be respected.

27.   And the Giants will soon find themselves in a bidding war for Fassel.

28.   And the war for public opinion, waged through a taut control over information and an assiduously managed dissemination of it, entered a new, more intense phase.

29.   And the expansion of digital television has led to fierce bidding wars for pay-per-view broadcasting rights from American studios.

30.   Angry Americans are screaming about how this is a war for freedom.