Test cricket, although the highest standard of cricket, is itself a form of first-class cricket, although the term " first-class " is commonly used to refer to domestic competition only.

Contained within Economic Sophisms is the famous satirical parable known as the " Candlemakers ' petition " which presents itself as a demand from the candlemakers ' guild to the French government, asking the government to block out the Sun to prevent its unfair competition with their products.

In addition, he saw the Games as important in advocating his philosophical ideal for athletic competition: that the competition itself, the struggle to overcome one's opponent, was more important than winning.

The college football team, CCAFC, prides itself on being the most successful Cambridge football side, having won the inter-collegiate Cuppers competition more times than any other.

It includes vendors, games, competition, demonstrations and the Wag ' n ' Walk itself.

The LIRR refocused its attentions towards serving Long Island itself, in competition with other railroads on the island.

The law directs itself not against conduct which is competitive, even severely so, but against conduct which unfairly tends to destroy competition itself.

The name of the garden city itself was chosen through a public competition in 1953.

A panel game with no competition was not itself a new idea: the BBC had a history of successful quiz shows designed to allow witty celebrities to entertain where winning was not important.

However, the AAFC was ultimately unable to sustain itself in competition with the NFL.

Ironically, the act was promoted by the South Sea company itself before its collapse, in an effort to prevent the increasing competition for investors which it saw from companies springing up around it.

Ever since its inception in 1959, the olympiad has developed a rich legacy and has established itself as the pinnacle of mathematical competition among high school students.

By 1968, all UEFA member nations had set up domestic cup competitions due to the success of the Cup Winners ' Cup which by then had firmly established itself as Europe's second most prestigious club competition.

" Those, like Greenspan, who oppose antitrust tend not to support competition as an end in itself but for its results — low prices.

Opponents are concerned about air, water, and noise pollution ; environmental degradation of nearby food crops such as soy beans, corn, and alfalfa ; negative effects on the ethanol fuel market and competition with local ethanol producing farmers ; displacement of some local residents and population resettling ; potential industrial disasters including explosions, leaks, and spills, reminiscent of the recent explosion at a similar-capacity Texas City Oil Refinery that caused the deaths of 15 workers and injured over 100 ; contamination potential threats of terrorism ; and concerns of the sheer size of the facility, which will be over twice the area of Elk Point itself.

In 1990 the pageant implemented major format changes in the competition itself.

The emergence of the sociology of sport ( though not the name itself ) dates from the end of the 19th century, when first social psychological experiments dealing with group effects of competition and pace-making took place.

Although Jim did not beat the competition, it performed well enough to secure itself that spot on the 2003 fall schedule.

In itself, a market based on competition was neither good nor bad, but like " a stream whose strength and direction have to be observed, that embankments may be thrown up within which it may do its work harmlessly and beneficially ".

They also investigate how competition manifested itself in various cultural settings in the past, and how competition has developed over time.

However it was top-heavy with stock issues, and faced growing competition from several firms, especially the Atlantic and Pacific Telegraph Company -- itself taken over by financier Jay Gould in 1875.

This was particularly true in the world arena, which was an anarchical battleground characterized by strife and avaricious competition for colonial empires.

Even Rector himself was prey to this spirit of competition and he knew it, not for a more exalted office in the hierarchy of the church -- his ambitions for the bishopry had died very early in his career -- but for the one clear victory he had talked about to the colonel.

and that competition for this share of the market was endangered by the financial relationship between the two concerns: ``

Carroll was sharp and military, but he was up against tough competition for that RA berth, and he wanted to play it cool.

National competition was the culmination of work which began with the school year last fall and continued until just before summer vacation.

There was keen competition between the two from the introduction of the The Compendious Book on Calculation by Completion and Balancing | Algebra into Europe in the 12th century until its triumph in the 16th.

After several days of competition, Odysseus and Ajax are tied for the ownership of the magical armor which was forged on Mount Olympus by the god Hephaestus.

By 473 BC, after the death of Phrynichus, one of his chief rivals, Aeschylus was the yearly favorite in the Dionysia, winning first prize in nearly every competition.

It was here he was to perfect himself by a study of the most splendid relics of antiquity, and to put his talents to the severest test by a competition with the living masters of the art.

Dennis Bergkamp scored six goals in the competition and was the top goalscorer in Dutch football in 1991 and 1992.

On 5 December 2009 AZ announced that Koeman no longer was in charge of AZ, after losing 7 of the first 16 games in the Dutch competition.

In 1896, delegates from the stronger and wealthier VFA clubs — Carlton, Collingwood, Essendon, Fitzroy, Geelong, Melbourne, St Kilda and South Melbourne — met to form a breakaway competition and in 1897, the Victorian Football League ( VFL ), was born as an eight-team competition.

The Australian National Football Council's primary role was to govern the game at national level to facilitate interstate representative and club competition.

By the 1960s, as VFL clubs increasingly recruited the best players from other states, they began to dominate the competition and the last match was played in 1976, with North Adelaide being the last non-Victorian winner in 1972.

Representative football was kept alive longer than the national club competition with the introduction of State of origin rules in 1977.

The selections have caused some controversy, mainly because of the predominance of VFL players at the expense of those who played in other leagues in the years before there was a national competition.

The sole survivor ( Cindy Mosey ) was travelling with her family and the other from Nelson to Wellington to attend a gymnastics competition.

What was surprising was the sudden entry into the market of new competition, whose machines quickly cut off the sales of the 2600.

After winning the Dutch Mixing Championships ( DMC ) in 1988, he was invited for The World Mix Championships in the London Royal Hall and won third place in a fierce competition.

Organized sports competition on Sundays was illegal in Pennsylvania until 1931, when challenged by the Philadelphia A's, the laws were changed permitting only baseball to be played on Sundays.