1.   AMR is widely seen as leading the charge because of its heated competition with United.

2.   Biotechnology companies have been in a heated competition to find ways to inhibit its function.

3.   By taking the fight up a level, AirTran risks even more heated competition from Delta, said airline analyst Jamie Baker of UBS Warburg.

4.   Even multimedia powerhouses like Broderbund have felt the strain of heated competition and a slowdown in consumer demand.

5.   Heated competition on the order of San Francisco Giants-Los Angeles Dodgers or Boston Red Sox-New York Yankees might eventually develop, with one key difference.

6.   In a millennial twist, it is the left-wing government of Chancellor Gerhard Schroder that is now dragging German businesses into the Western world of heated competition.

7.   It comes at a time of heated competition for future commercial aircraft orders from the Chinese.

8.   It was the most heated scientific competition in a generation.

9.   Its prime location could make for some heated competition among developers, realtors say.

10.   Several security specialists attributed the flaw to heated competition between Microsoft and Netscape for domination of the Internet market.