61.   Caldor and other regional discounters face fierce competition from national retailers such as Wal-Mart Stores Inc. and Kmart Corp., wholesale clubs and other mass merchandisers.

62.   Campus recruiting by Wall Street firms and management consultants has become an elaborate dance, with fierce competition on both sides.

63.   Chairman John Pepper cited fierce competition in Japan and poor economic conditions in Latin America as contributors to the slowdown.

64.   Colombia has long said it needs to rehabilitate its railways because freight traffic has decreased as a result of fierce competition from trucking and attacks by guerrilla groups.

65.   Companies who seek to raise prices often find themselves unable to do so in the face of fierce competition and buyer resistance, economists say.

66.   Compaq will face fierce competition for that business from, among others, IBM, Hewlett-Packard and Sun.

67.   Companies are determined to keep profits high even as fierce competition puts a lid on price hikes.

68.   CompuServe, the second-largest on-line access company, is locked in fierce competition with industry leader America Online.

69.   Close in age, the achievements of Joseph and his brother Claude were fueled by their fierce competition, whether in academics, soccer or volleyball.

70.   Consumer electronics sales should among the weakest as the chains continue to battle a lack of new products and fierce competition which has forced them to drastically cut prices.