Under Fiat, managerial control of Maserati passed to Ferrari, its onetime rival, in 1997.

So Boggs begins to prepare for the season, looking forward to playing alongside Don Mattingly after years of confronting his onetime hitting rival.

Ms. Montandon, fuming, blamed the power of her onetime rival.

Amazon already runs the online stores for two other onetime rivals, Borders.com and VirginMega.com.

In a separate announcement, the company said it was laying off half the remaining employees of Compuserve, the onetime rival that it purchased last week.

Nixon was inaugurated as president on January 20, 1969, sworn in by his onetime political rival, Chief Justice Earl Warren.

And Mr. Israel's onetime rival, Norman Seabrook, who defeated him to become president of the association, is asking for explanations.

Mr. Shultz also manages to embrace the tradition of using memoirs as a way to slash at onetime bureaucratic rivals.

"He's strong, he's tough and he's unflappable," Mr. Gephardt said of his onetime rival.

Former Senator Bradley commended his onetime rival as "a good campaigner and a disciplined candidate."