Although we continue to pay our conversational devotions to `` free private enterprise '', `` individual initiative '', `` the democratic way '', `` government of the people '', `` competition of the marketplace '', etc., we live rather comfortably in a society in which economic competition is diminishing in large areas, bureaucracy is corroding representative government, technology is weakening the citizen's confidence in his own power to make decisions, and the threat of war is driving him economically and physically into the ground ''.

The physical education program for men recognizes the value of participation in competitive sports in the development of the individual student and aims to give every man an opportunity to enter some form of athletic competition, either intercollegiate or intramural.

Spencer wrote that in production the advantages of the superior individual is comparatively minor, and thus acceptable, yet the benefit that dominance provides those who control a large segment of production might be hazardous to competition.

Road races may involve both team and individual competition, and are contested in various ways.

Judges at the competition watch for illegal moves from the group or any individual member.

The competition of individual and collective theories of composition set different demarcations and relations of folk music with the music of tribal societies on the one hand and of " art " and " court " music on the other.

This means that an individual firm's demand curve is downward sloping, in contrast to perfect competition, which has a perfectly elastic demand schedule.

In all individual competition forms, only two skaters are allowed to race at once, and must remain in their respective lanes.

Junior, school, and masters competitions often use different weights of shots, typically below the weights of those used in open competitions ; the individual rules for each competition should be consulted in order to determine the correct weights to be used.

The first statewide competition for high school students was held at Taos High School in 1993, with the top teams and individual participants awarded plaques.

hile the law competition may be sometimes hard for the individual, it is best for the race, because it ensures the survival of the fittest in every department.

A contrasting concept, popular in individual sports, is a year-long competition with several meetings over its course.

The aim of such collusion ( also called the cartel agreement ) is to increase individual members ' profits by reducing competition.

Preliminary judging of this event for " Conventional Steel Bands " has been recently moved to the individual pan yards where steel bands practice their selections for the competition.

Special Olympics has over 32 Olympic-type individual and team sports that provide meaningful training and competition opportunities for people with intellectual disabilities.

Countries send national teams to each competition, consisting of individual athletes and teams that compete in a wide variety of sports.

After her experience in Oslo, she decided not to take part in all events, but limit herself to four: she dropped the high jump and long jump to concentrate on the 100 m, the 200 m, the 80 m hurdles, and the 4 × 100 m relay ( competition rules also prevented an athlete from competing in more than three individual track and field events ).

The same objections were made when the London Boroughs of Croydon and Southwark unsuccessfully entered the competition for city status to mark the millennium: Croydon was said to have " no particular identity of its own " while Southwark was " part of London with little individual identity ".

These breeds cannot participate in AKC events until at least 150 individual dogs are registered ; thereafter, competition in various events is then provisional.

A fourball match is also a competition between two teams of two golfers, but all four golfers play their own ball throughout the round rather than alternating shots, and each hole is won by the team whose individual golfer has the lowest score.

) Advocates of strong antitrust laws argued the American economy to be successful requires free competition and the opportunity for individual Americans to build their own businesses.

Recent criticism has been given to this aspect, arguing that an individual may increase many professional ranks at once through the virtue of a single competition result ( such as Piao Wenyao ).

* Gymnast Terin Humphrey, who won an individual silver medal on the uneven bars, and another silver with the US women's team in the all-around competition at the 2004 Olympics in Athens, is a graduate of Odessa High School.

Friday's and McDonald's and the efforts of individual restaurateurs such as Bob Payton, credited with bringing American-style pizza to the UK.

The UK government organization NICE recently revised its recommendation favoring atypicals, to advise that the choice should be an individual one based on the particular profiles of the individual drug and on the patient's preferences.

Restrictions on homebrewing were lifted in the UK in 1963, Australia followed suit in 1972, and the USA in 1978, though individual states were allowed to pass their own laws limiting production.

When an individual is leaving the UK with an amount of Methadone that exceeds 500mg, a Home Office Export Licence is required which should be arranged by the prescriber.

" The UK Government responded that " the use of physical punishment is a matter for individual parents to decide ".

The average salary for a civil engineer in the UK depends on the sector, and more specifically the level of experience of the individual.

In the UK Royal Air Force ( RAF ) the individual serial takes the form of two letters followed by three digits, e. g., BT308 — the prototype Avro Lancaster, or XS903 — an English Electric Lightning F. 6 at one time based at RAF Binbrook.

On 1 July 2010 Everything Everywhere Limited took control of both Orange UK and T-Mobile UK in a joint venture, although currently both Orange and T-Mobile are keeping their individual shops and brands.

* Personal pension scheme ( Personal Pension Plan ), a type of UK individual pension contract

In February 2000, the Salvation Army publicly ( in their publication known as " War Cry " and in a letter to a Scottish Parliament committee ) opposed the repeal of Section 28 of the Local Government Act ( 1988 ) However, The Salvation Army in the UK and Ireland website refers to the organisation offering ' unconditional assistance and support regardless of race, religion, gender or sexual choices, respecting the identity and choices of all those referred to them .... As well as having a right to be dealt with professionally, people can expect from us encouragement and a respect for their individual beliefs, ambitions and preferences.

Restrictions on homebrewing were lifted in the UK in 1963, Australia followed suit in 1972, and the USA in 1978, though individual states were allowed to pass their own laws limiting production.

Because of the weakness of the evidence and the potential for serious side effects from some drug therapies, the UK National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence ( NICE ) 2009 clinical guideline for the treatment and management of BPD recommends: " Drug treatment should not be used specifically for borderline personality disorder or for the individual symptoms or behaviour associated with the disorder " but " drug treatment may be considered in the overall treatment of comorbid conditions ," and suggests " review of the treatment of people with borderline personality disorder who do not have a diagnosed comorbid mental or physical illness and who are currently being prescribed drugs, with the aim of reducing and stopping unnecessary drug treatment.

It is rare for newer universities in the UK to have the resources to offer individual tuition ; six to eight ( or even more ) students is a far more common tutorial size.

In November 2010, the band played a set of shows in the UK, each with an individual setlist and their album The Latest was given away as a free disc with the UK magazine, Classic Rock.

* Mamta Murthi, J. Michael Orszag, and Peter R. Orszag, " The Charge Ratio on individual accounts: Lessons from the UK Experience ," Birkbeck College Working Paper 99-2.

A company that issues credit scores for individual credit-worthiness is generally called a credit bureau ( US ) or consumer credit reporting agency ( UK ).

In the UK and much of Europe, individual rides and stalls are run by different, independent showmen who all converge for the duration of the fair, then often go their separate ways to set up at fairs in other towns.

The only known court to be owned by a private individual in the UK is on the Torry Hill estate in Kent.

In the UK, auditing guidelines are set by the institutes ( including ACCA, ICAEW, ICAS and ICAI ) of which auditing firms and individual auditors are members.

Definitional problems in applying the concept to public policy are addressed, noting research in UK local government that concludes on the obstacles for organizational learning in the public sector: ( 1 ) overemphasis of the individual, ( 2 ) resistance to change and politics, ( 3 ) social learning is self-limiting, i. e. individualism, and ( 4 ) political " blame culture.

Chavasse is believed to be commemorated by more war memorials in the UK than any other individual.