spirited competition

The press, to be sure, will encourage a spirited competition.

"At no time do I expect to see anything but spirited competition," he said.

All right, I'm up to a little spirited competition.

The schools form football teams, and eventually integrate to play against each other in spirited competition.

And it has spawned a spirited competition among rival black political organizations.

In August a weekend of spirited competition and celebration takes over a small rural town, usually changing every two years.

Two names out of television's recent past have joined forces on a new series that has been giving "Moonlighting" some spirited competition.

And when a woman chases a stray ball onto the stage, her expression is not one of spirited competition.

"It's a treat to see such a spirited competition.

There is nothing more fun than playing a wonderful old course in good weather, with good friends, in a spirited competition.

He added that the company believes "the primary means of consumer protection will be the spirited competition that exists in the long-distance business."

Mr. Notebaert said that Michigan's local phone customers enjoyed spirited competition for their business.

FIRST is a spirited competition using sophisticated robotics technology.

The spirited competition between rival bakeries for bread lovers' affections hinged on special dark bakes or how long the starter had been going.

There is a spirited competition to be the last runner clocked crossing the finish line, where electronic bar-code scanners are used to record the official times.

But even with all his endorsements, Mr. Sabini faces some spirited competition, largely because of the demographics of the district.

One day in Chicago, he decided to take the 20th Century Limited to New York, where nine newspapers were locked in spirited competition.

The program offered free educational resources, created spirited competition through testing and game play, and awarded more than $100,000 annually in college tuition and other prizes.

Mr. Corzine is moving forward nonetheless, so it should be no surprise that a spirited competition continues among some of New Jersey's most ambitious politicians.

The aggressive re-entry of I.B.M., the world's largest computer maker, into the rapidly growing Unix work station market is certain to create some spirited competition.

But a boom in lower-priced lodgings - and spirited competition among economy chains - has helped lift the quality of rooms at many budget hotels and motels.

The Florida Marlins were the instant favorites to sign him, but California, Boston and the Chicago White Sox waged a spirited competition.

After spirited competition among a number of publishers, Pocket Books offered her a $367,500 advance for world publishing rights to a nonfiction book based on the murder of a friend.

In October, after a spirited competition, the Navy selected Lockheed to develop a modernized version of its P-3C Orion antisubmarine airplane.

Mr. Hevesi's remarks at the forum came at a time when all four major Democratic candidates have been involved in a particularly spirited competition for support from city unions.