The bank began to invest in clients whose businesses had only one or two key rivals.

Mr. Dole is widely acknowledged to be Mr. Bush's key rival for the nomination.

Compared to some key rivals in that event, Barrichello was relatively fortunate, however.

He also knocked his key rivals out of the race one by one.

Comverse Technology acquired one of its key rivals, Boston Technology, for $843 million in stock in 1997.

This is plainly a measure of his own confidence that, despite organizational problems, he has rapidly emerged as the key rival to Mr. Bush.

Since the Flyers swept the Rangers in the second round of the 1995 playoffs, the Rangers have considered Philadelphia a key rival.

But they couldn't defeat a key rival that was playing without its biggest star, the injured Eric Lindros.

Mao disagreed with the new leadership, believing they grasped little of the Chinese situation, and soon emerged as their key rival.

Its handset lineup is still dominated by the struggling Symbian platform, which lacks a competitive user experience and falls short of key rivals.