41.   The stakes in the dispute are high, and the government has to walk a tightrope between fostering competition among all long-distance providers and protecting Telmex.

42.   This fosters competition for these positions, he said, which the antitrust laws are meant to protect.

43.   This, say the feds, will foster competition among makers of the set-top boxes.

44.   Trying to foster competition, federal rules prohibit companies from owning more than one major wireless system in any given market.

45.   Wolf told the committee that hub airports do not encourage anti-competitive practices, but instead foster competition from other airlines.

46.   Yet by separating them into individual companies, according to government officials, the incentives for each will change, thus fostering increased competition.

47.   Bush also favors fostering educational competition with alternatives such as charter schools.

48.   Democrats also said their bill included provisions designed to foster competition among providers, and said they hoped it would help bring Republican support.

49.   Government officials and the company have said that price controls will no longer be necessary because deregulation will foster competition.

50.   McCain raised doubts about whether the Bells have fostered local competition enough to warrant a reprieve in government regulation.