51.   As a veteran of international competition, and, specifically, of All-Star competition, Leetch certainly qualifies as an authority.

52.   As the Chinese return to international competition at the Summer Games, they do so with the rest of the world still wary and suspicious.

53.   Asian stock markets have been tumbling for several months, weakening the sales prospects for Western companies working in Asia and heating up international competition.

54.   At a stop in Blaine, we learned that Canadian-grown marijuana had won first prize at an informal international competition held annually in Amsterdam.

55.   At international competitions, like the recent Skate America in which Marron judged dance, strict controls are in place to monitor national bias.

56.   Automakers have led the way in Germany in shifting jobs to lower-cost countries and buying more parts abroad, in an effort to battle fierce international competition.

57.   Backus is merging four of its five breweries to reduce costs and gain a stronger position in the market as international competition heats up.

58.   Batten, Tonja Buford-Bailey and Sandra Farmer-Patrick are all toughened in international competition.

59.   Between the high-sounding rhetoric and the dog-eat-dog international competition, there is often little room for compromise.

60.   Both France and Germany have recently begun to show a greater inclination to sponsor legislation opening their markets to international competition.