This eventually led to the Eastern being merged with its rival, the Boston and Maine Railroad in 1884.

Elf, which has since been privatized, merged last year with its domestic rival, TotalFina.

However, in 1907, the company was merged with its principal rival, the United States Steel Corporation.

But today, some administration officials said they thought the museum would be better off merging with its rival, the New-York Historical Society.

Manual merged with its rival, Male High School, into a consolidated school from 1915 to 1919.

The second group has offered to merge with its rival and examine all the proposals from producers, including Mr. Spivey's.

In 1956, Vendo merged with its primary rival, Vendorlator.

Last year, it merged with its largest rival, Proxy Monitor, so the combined firm has even more power and 270 employees.

In 1660 it merged with its former rival "Olijftak", and in 1762 the society was dissolved altogether.

After his death, the Herald was merged with its bitter rival, the New York Tribune.