31.   Their sports scholarships are excellent, because they allow the athletes tremendous opportunities to train and compete against the best.

32.   Although it had carved out a niche in the upscale market, the chain still had a hard time competing against the national supermarket chains.

33.   Although his skills often allowed Young to compete against older players, he learned that size and power are not all he needed to succeed.

34.   Although the currency paper contracts are put out to public bid every few years, no US firm has tried to compete against Crane for decades.

35.   Although no one company competes against the whole product line of this diversified enterprise, RPM faces many big rivals for selected goods.

36.   Amantine, a Houston native, competed against those two in Kansas at Barton County College.

37.   American Axle also needs to run its plants more efficiently and expand its customer base beyond GM in order to compete against companies like Dana Corp., analysts said.

38.   An important administration argument for loosening export controls was that easing controls was the only way American computer makers could compete against widely available foreign-made technology.

39.   American timber companies, which cut most of their logs from private land, say they cannot compete against low-cost softwood pouring down from the north.

40.   Among the new plans will be managed-care networks run by hospitals and doctors to compete against insurer-owned HMOs.