Recent offshore discoveries by Chevron and other international oil companies hold out the promise that Angola, which pumps about 740,000 barrels a day, may someday rival Nigeria's two million a day.

The direct oxidation of ammonia may someday rival the ammonium nitrate pyrolysis synthesis of nitrous oxide mentioned above.

He turned to Hadrhune, then said, "This one may someday rival even you, my servant."

The town was named for Cardiff, Wales, as its planners believed it would someday rival the Welsh city as a mining mecca.

He saw in Pleiades' independence a chance to become the most powerful man in a political entity that might someday rival Draco.

Mr. Canning says he thinks lachenalias will someday rival poinsettias for holidays, especially Lachenalia bulbifera with its six-inch-tall, hyacinthlike spikes of firecracker red flowers tipped with green.

If all goes according to plan, the European Currency Unit, or ECU, will become the currency of hundreds of millions of Europeans - and could someday rival the dollar in importance.

Ms. Tighe of CB Richard Ellis believes that Lower Manhattan may someday rival Midtown as an office market.

International A manufacturing zone is emerging in northern Mexico that might someday rival South Korea or Taiwan or even the American Middle West.

The Web, computer executives say, is evolving rapidly and will someday rival television as a source of live-action video.