41.   Analysts had expected BSkyB and Compagnie Luxembourgeoise de Telediffusion to compete together against an alliance of Canal Plus and Bertelsmann.

42.   Analysts say Harcourt executives also knew their company was competing against increasingly powerful European publishers.

43.   Among their most devoted advocates are buyers who want to compete against amateur helmsmen like themselves.

44.   Analysts said Nexabit will enable Lucent to better compete against Cisco Systems Inc., which controls the market.

45.   And if BMW wants to compete against the likes of DaimlerChrysler on everything from subcompacts to luxury limousines, where will it get the heft to do so?

46.   Analysts have speculated that Coca-Cola plans to revamp its Mr. Pibb brand to better compete against Dr Pepper.

47.   And rival Hewlett Packard Co. is set to unveil a new chip early next year that will compete directly against Alpha.

48.   And it started building fixed-line networks to compete against Deutsche Telekom.

49.   And how will it compete against the glittering offerings of the Mississippi Coast casinos, which are just an hour away?

50.   And the MFS unit, which competes against the Bells in local telephone markets, has fallen behind previous forecasts for signing up new corporate customers.