1.   If Components Bureau can beat the champions for a second time, then they will virtually be home and dry.

2.   And it was the first time that the runner-up at the US nationals had beaten the champion for the Olympic gold medal.

3.   Are they the team that beat AFC champion New England last season or the one that lost to Tampa Bay?

4.   He easily beat former champion Frankie Randall in his last fight to earn a shot at De La Hoya.

5.   Hobbies include having been one of the best racquetball players in the world, good enough to have beaten champion Marty Hogan.

6.   If the Bruins beat the defending conference champion Saturday, they can look forward to showdowns with Stanford, Washington State and Oregon.

7.   If machines can beat even champions at chess, what area of human endeavor is safe from their encroachment?

8.   International Business Machines Corp. plans to apply the technology used by the computer that beat chess champion Garry Kasparov to develop financial products for the investment community.

9.   International Business Machines Corp. plans to start selling computer workstations that use the same powerful technology used in the supercomputer that beat chess champion Garry Kasparov.