81.   Only heavy diplomatic pressure by the United States prevented an armed conflict between the two arch rivals.

82.   One party recently asked its supporters to boycott umbrellas, come rain or come shine, because it was the election symbol of its arch rival.

83.   Pakistan used to accuse the ousted Afghan government of being an ally of its arch rival India.

84.   Pyongyang has called for a bilateral peace treaty with Washington to replace the Cold War armistice, ignoring its arch rival South Korea.

85.   Sharif, an arch Bhutto rival, said he would support a housecleaning by the caretaker government as long as it did not interfere with the poll date.

86.   Schroeder appears to be worried that a public dressing-down by Brussels could be capitalised on by his political arch rival Edmund Stoiber in the upcoming general election campaign.

87.   Software giant Microsoft announced Thursday it would launch an offensive on business networks, in a new attack on arch rival Netscape Communications.

88.   Taiwan and China are arch rivals, each claiming sovereignty over all of China.

89.   Taiwan Tuesday denied accusations by arch rival China that it was engaged in separatist activities, insisting reunification with the mainland would take place in the future.

90.   Tensions between the arch rivals have cooled in the past few weeks following a commitment by Pakistan to rein in Islamic militants operating from its soil.