1.   These struggles pit the small people against the might of the transnational corporations, some of whom are richer than most countries.

2.   In the Arab world the internal struggle pits on one side those who want to open their societies and link up with the global economy.

3.   Mrs. Nahmani challenged her husband in court, and their struggle pitted her desire for motherhood against his resistance to fathering a child against his will.

4.   Now, he is saddened that his struggle also pits him against fellow Palestinians.

5.   The biggest struggle pits the old school of football philosophy against the new.

6.   The struggle pits Orthodox sensibilities against secular demands for personal freedom, and challenges the authorities to reconcile religious imperatives with civil liberties.

7.   The struggle pits the municipal governments in the affected areas, most of which are controlled by the leftist Sandinistas, against President Arnoldo Aleman, a feisty conservative.

8.   The struggle pits the prime minister against the president, the prime minister against the chief justice, and supreme court justices against each other.

9.   These struggles pit more modernizing leaders like Jiang and Zhu against more conservative ideologues.

10.   This struggle pits commercial-prop erty taxpayers against residential-property taxpayers and threatens to split the GOP caucuses right down the middle.