71.   We may enjoy the aged look, but the tree finds itself, bark to rootlet, with a fierce competitor for food and water.

72.   While McDonnell Douglas has been fading in the commercial sector, Airbus has emerged as a fierce competitor to Boeing.

73.   And while the rest of the world sees Japan as a fierce competitor, people here often see themselves as underdogs struggling to keep up with the world.

74.   Britain and France, the biggest weapons sellers in Europe, are also fierce competitors for deals.

75.   But powerful SingTel remains a fierce competitor.

76.   But these athletes also are fierce competitors.

77.   Gone were the smug smiles the Bulls wore through the first four games, replaced by the cold stares of fierce competitors.

78.   He is known as a fierce competitor with a fiery personality that sometimes got him in trouble as a young manager with the Padres.

79.   However, Hostetler is a renowned fierce competitor, and he recently told Frerotte he would put up a challenge for the job.

80.   I am a fierce competitor.