But Humble Oil still faced stiff competition from such national brands such as Shell and Texaco, which at that time was the only company to market under one brand name in all 50 states.

In fact, the Macedonians faced very stiff resistance under the leadership of Sogdian ruler Spitamenes.

However, Monroe faced stiff competition from Secretary of War William H. Crawford of Georgia.

Kohl faced stiff opposition from the West German political left and was as well mocked upon for his provincial background, physical stature and simple language.

He emerged in an era of talented English goalkeepers and thus faced stiff competition for a place in the side, particularly from Ron Springett and Gordon Banks, and later on Peter Shilton, which limited him to just seven caps.

Though extremely successful in the 1960s, the Beetle was faced with stiff competition from more modern designs.

The UGN faced stiff competition in North America by manufacturers whose truck or equipment lines performed some of the same duties as the Unimog.

He faced stiff opposition from other equally strong originations within Sangh Parivar such as Bharatiya Mazdoor Sangh, Bharatiya Kisan Sangh.

" During the 20th Century African-American Civil Rights Movement, when attempts were made to move Fannie Lou Hamer's movement for poor people in Ruleville to Drew, the organizers, according to Moye, " faced stiff resistance.

It opened on 236 screens and faced stiff competition against the likes of Star Trek III: The Search for Spock ( also featuring Banzai co-star Christopher Lloyd ), Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom and Ghostbusters.

At Tourcoing, faced by Houchard's central column the Dutch abandoned the village after a stiff fight, but the French then dispersed to plunder, only to flee on the sight of two small bodies of enemy cavalry.

Wallasey were always trying to close Egremont, but faced stiff opposition from locals who got petitions to keep the ferry open.

Government forces still faced remarkably stiff resistance, especially from the more warlike and powerful O ' Neill and O ' Donnell clans.

This edge helped because Life faced stiff competition from the best-selling humor magazines Judge and Puck, which were already established and successful.

" Robert E. Lee supported the scheme as well, but it faced stiff opposition from conservatives.

However, the newspaper continued to face financial pressures: the paper had only 825 subscribers by the beginning of 1825, and faced stiff competition from another Reform newspaper, the Canadian Freeman.

Although initially a ratings success — becoming the # 2 show in the United States its first season — it faced stiff competition from the Perry Como Show, and eventually dropped to # 19, ending its production after only 39 episodes ( now referred to as the " Classic 39 ").

From the beginning, the airline faced stiff competition with Lufthansa and Scandinavian Airlines.

However, the Mother and Child Scheme, as it became known, faced stiff opposition from Irish doctors and the Catholic Bishops of Ireland.

The program faced stiff competition on Wednesday evenings from NBC's Wagon Train and only lasted one season.

Combined with a personality sometimes described as wooden and stiff and some dubious campaign contributions, Davis faced a recall petition drive despite the lack of any proven misbehavior or criminal activity.

However, British seaside resorts have faced increasingly stiff competition from traditionally sunnier resorts overseas since the 1970s.

He faced stiff competition for midfield places, not least from player-manager Johnny Giles, and was utilised by Giles in various positions, including centre-half, left-back and midfield.

Piłsudski faced stiff opposition from Dmowski's National Democrats who opposed Ukrainian independence.

Competing welding processes such as resistance welding and oxyfuel welding were developed during this time as well ; but both, especially the latter, faced stiff competition from arc welding especially after metal coverings ( known as flux ) for the electrode, to stabilize the arc and shield the base material from impurities, continued to be developed.

According to Blair ( 1997 ) British Steel faced serious problems at the time of its formation, including obsolescent plants ; plants operating under capacity and thus at low efficiency ; outdated technology ; price controls that reduced marketing flexibility ; soaring coal and oil costs ; lack of capital investment funds ; and increasing competition on the world market.

Pterosaurs were common in the early and middle Cretaceous, but as the Cretaceous proceeded they faced growing competition from the adaptive radiation of birds, and by the end of the period only two highly specialized families remained.

Hoxby found that the effects of vouchers in Milwaukee and of charter schools in Arizona and Michigan on nearby public schools forced to compete made greater test score gains than schools not faced with such competition ( see Hoxby, 2001 ), and that the so-called effect of cream skimming did not exist in any of the voucher districts examined.

Although businesses usually maintain some kind of fax capability, the technology has faced increasing competition from Internet-based alternatives.

Its success is partly attributed to its insectivorous diet, for which it faced no competition from canids crossing from North America.

While the language was chosen as a medium of prestige in records and official statements along with Latin in the early 13th century, Occitan faced competition from the rising local Romance vernacular, the Navarro-Aragonese, both orally and in writing, especially after Aragon's territorial conquests south to Saragossa, Huesca and Tudela between 1118 and 1134.

In the 1860s and 1870s, conservative Punch faced competition from upstart liberal journal Fun, but after about 1874, Funs fortunes faded.

By far the greatest problem that the rural population faced, however, was competition for land.

* Their conclusion: in each lake, what began as a single population faced such competition for limited resources that:

While the 1972 team faced no competition that possessed a better record than 8-6 in the regular season, the 1973 team played a much tougher schedule that included games against the Oakland Raiders, Pittsburgh Steelers, and Dallas Cowboys ( all playoff teams ), plus two games against a resurgent Buffalo Bills squad that featured 2, 000-yard rusher O. J.

Whitehead faced competition from the American Lieutenant Commander John A. Howell, whose own design, driven by flywheel, was simpler and cheaper.

Telstra has faced competition since the early 1990s from Optus ( Australia's 2nd largest communication company ) and a number of smaller providers.

During the 2000s, FM radio faced its toughest competition ever for in-car entertainment.

The Bank faced increasing competition in Latin America from private capital markets, where the IBRD held $ 36. 3 billion in loans in fiscal year 2006, due to mixed views on the stipulations of environmental protection and protection against the uprooting of indigenous populations attached to the Bank's lending.

In the mid 1970s, emerging long distance competitors like MCI and Sprint faced the same tactic of denying interconnection, which regulators quashed, followed by a series of efforts by the Bell System phone companies to escalate the costs of interconnection as an indirect means of excluding competition.

MiniDisc technology was faced with new competition from the recordable compact disc ( CD-R ) when it became more affordable to consumers in 1995.

The city of Braga, the unofficial Catholic centre of the Iberian Peninsula, faced new competition from other regions.

In recent years Sesame Street has faced societal and economic challenges, including changes in viewing habits of young children, competition from other shows, the development of cable television, and a drop in ratings.

The Tudor was a pressurised but problematic post-war Avro airliner that faced strong competition from designs by Bristol, Canadair, Douglas, Handley Page, and Lockheed.

This sharply reduced demand for construction, forced construction professionals towards infrastructure construction and therefore increased the competition faced by established and new construction engineers.

However since October 2008 the street has faced competition from the Westfield shopping centre at White City.

Vanilla faced increased competition from synthetic flavorings, and the preferences of perfume users were moving away from the sweet fragrance provided by ylang-ylang essence.