61.   Gamble, a visiting professor at Boston University this semester, attributed this changed behavior less to specific population pressures than to generally increasing social competition.

62.   Gateway is going to face increasing competition in the home market, notably from Dell, which announced last month a consumer marketing drive.

63.   He acknowledged increasing competition from providers who offer free Internet access in return for having advertisements on their pages.

64.   He said the cuts were needed because of the increasing competition in the publishing industry.

65.   He said those models are particularly vulnerable to increasing competition and disruption of U.S. oil supplies.

66.   Hewlett argues that the problem is more acute for accomplished women, who face a ticking biological clock and increasing competition for a mate.

67.   However, Ericsson warned that the mobile telephony market faces price pressure and increasing competition.

68.   His success, though, depends on whether his cost cuts keep pace with declining fares and increasing competition, analysts said.

69.   IBM faces increasing competition as rivals introduce new mainframes, storage units and powerful desktop computers.

70.   In addition, increasing competition will force banks to try to attract more customers by reducing their charges.