81.   REI joins a growing list of foreign retailers quitting this country because of tough competition and the slump in consumer spending.

82.   Remy Cointreau said it is continuing to focus on improving profit margins, which have been squeezed by tough competition.

83.   Recently, some tough competition has emerged from the retail districts in Greenwich, just to the southwest, and Westport, several towns to the northeast.

84.   Remember that the next time George Seifert talks about the tough competition in the NFC West.

85.   Sales have been hurt by recent declines in computer memory chip prices and tough competition in the keyboard market.

86.   Shrinking market share and tough competition depressed earnings from core banking operations.

87.   Skeptics warn that Zenith is a beneficiary of the euphoria that has boosted other Internet stocks and faces tough competition in the cable modem business.

88.   Skeptics warn that Zenith is a beneficiary of the euphoria over Internet stocks and faces tough competition in the cable modem business.

89.   Still, it warned that this year will see tough competition.

90.   Still, even Dohmann concedes that the ubiquitous tree faces tough competition from another Texas plant, the bluebonnet.