61.   Telecom Minister Leo Moggie said such mergers would reduce competition to manageable levels.

62.   That reduces the competition for the favorite, Lance Armstrong, who is seeking his third consecutive overall victory, and for Jan Ullrich, his German shadow.

63.   The agreement resolved government concerns that the acquisition would reduce competition in the market for servicing GE marine and industrial engines.

64.   The agreement resolved government concerns that the acquisition would reduce competition in the market for serving GE marine and industrial engines.

65.   The ban on price advertising, the state claimed, reduced price competition and thereby reduced the consumption of liquor in Rhode Island.

66.   The commission launched an inquiry into the airline alliance amid concern it will reduce competition on routes between Germany and Scandinavia.

67.   The conventional wisdom is to deplore this on antitrust grounds because it will reduce competition as there will be fewer players in the game.

68.   The closing of two quake-damaged malls -- Northridge Fashion Center and Laurel Plaza -- has reduced competition and a strengthening economy has boosted business.

69.   The government challenge can be seen narrowly as a garden-variety antitrust case, which contends that the merger would reduce competition in the market for personal-finance software.

70.   The judge, Thomas Penfield Jackson of U.S. District Court, said that the company used its monopoly power to stifle innovation, reduce competition and hurt consumers.