Some European governments fear that their national airlines would be devoured in a no-holds-barred competition against their American rivals.

Analysts said that by cutting 40,000 positions, AT&T is steeling itself for a future of no-holds-barred competition with the regional Bells for both local and long-distance customers.

Murray's next fight was just weeks later, a 9 July contest against Danny Rushton, a fighter who had gained a reputation for toughness due to his competing in true no-holds-barred competitions in Russia.

The gap between them underscores just how murky the outlook for telecommunications has become as it faces deregulation and no-holds-barred competition.

Warfare Incorporated is set in a future ruled by super corporations engaged in no-holds-barred competition for the resources of the galaxy.

That's because in modern NASCAR, the emphasis is increasingly on safety and leveling the playing field - not on allowing the mechanical creativity inherent in the sport's historic no-holds-barred competitions.

There are high-speed segments on public roads, no-holds-barred competition on four racetracks and four timed hill-climbing sections.

COULD A.T.&T.'s rivals in long-distance phone service survive no-holds-barred competition?

They point to a general drift of pro-defendant rulings in antitrust cases over the last two decades, which speak approvingly of "fierce, no-holds-barred competition" and "the great race of competition."

But what it means is no-holds-barred competition for providing wireless services.