41.   In an attempt to promote competition, the government plans to remove dozens of rules and regulations that protect lenders and restrain competition between different types of financial institutions.

42.   In addition, five bills have been introduced in Congress that aim to blunt the dominance of the big carriers and promote competition.

43.   In Germany, the Post and Telecommunications Ministry surprised both Deutsche Telekom and most outside experts last summer by imposing tough new rules to promote competition.

44.   In New York, state regulators are near completion of a sweeping plan to promote direct competition.

45.   In recent years, the government has blocked major airline mergers but it has been reluctant to take significant action to promote competition at big airports.

46.   Justice Department officials said the waiver, which still has to be approved by U.S. District Court Judge Harold Greene, will benefit consumers and promote competition.

47.   MCI once again called for more enforcement of a new law designed to promote competition in the local phone market.

48.   Most of the changes proposed recently by Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto promote competition through less regulation of the financial markets.

49.   NASCAR has expended a great effort to promote competition, nourish fan interest and justify its large television contract.

50.   Nearly three years ago, the FCC moved to promote competition in cable television by adopting rules to let telephone companies offer a rival service called video dial tone.