51.   Contending with widely reported crimes against tourists and increasing competition from other destinations, Florida saw tourist visits fall in the first five months this year.

52.   Computer makers fell after Toshiba Corp. said it expects to sell fewer computers in the current year through March because of increasing competition in the U.S. market.

53.   Despite the increasing competition, Money magazine recently chose to tone down under the leadership of Safian, its newly installed managing editor, beginning with its October issue.

54.   Drugstores also face increasing competition from supermarkets, mail-order prescription businesses and large discounters such as Wal-Mart Stores Inc.

55.   Earlier this month, KDD blamed increasing competition for a slide in first-half profit.

56.   Facing increasing competition from AOL, the company in October launched a major effort to expand its MSN Broadband service.

57.   Executives with the two companies said they aimed to seek growth abroad rather than in the U.S., where increasing competition fueled by deregulation is limiting opportunity.

58.   Euopean paper and pulp makers are facing increasing competition from Asia, as they become more active in the industry.

59.   Farming and herding led to the growth of large, settled human populations and increasing competition for productive lands, touching off organized warfare.

60.   For companies like American General and Provident, increasing competition from other providers of life insurance and retirement saving plans is the big threat now, Vogel said.