When the troupe traveled to New York to participate in a one-act-play competition -- and won -- Mercer, instead of returning with the rest of the company in triumph, remained in New York.

The whole problem of `` peaceful coexistence and peaceful competition '' with the capitalist world is in the very center of this Congress.

If private brand competition hasn't been felt in your product field as yet, have you thought how you will cope with it if and when it does appear??

Are you following competition willy-nilly -- trying to match dollar for dollar -- or are you experimenting with new means for reaching and influencing consumers??

as in a recent design competition with a floor plan and the simple command -- `` design a luxury apartment '' ; ;

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

Sergei Vikulov, as the lone male, meets the competition well with some brilliant hits, but the work is designed to belong to the ladies.

An international competition, between nations rather than individuals, began with the Gordon Bennett Cup in auto racing.

According to Vahram Nercissiantz, President Serzh Sargsyan's chief economic adviser, " Businessmen holding state positions have turned into oligarchs who have avoided paying sufficient taxes by abusing their state positions, distorted markets with unequal conditions, breached the rules of competition, impeded or prevented small and medium-sized business ’ entry into manufacturing and thereby sharply deepened social polarization in the republic.

On April 12, 1961, Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin became the first person to fly in space, reinforcing American fears about being left behind in a technological competition with the Soviet Union.

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.

The upstart AFL operated in direct competition with the more established NFL throughout its existence.

Australian rules football, officially known as Australian football, also called football, footy or Aussie rules However, late in the century the code began to decline in New South Wales and Queensland largely due to competition with other more popular football codes, as well as interstate rivalries and the lack of strong local governing bodies.

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.

With the lack of international competition, representative matches between state teams were regarded with great importance.

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

The AFL, currently with 18 member clubs, is the sport's elite competition and the most powerful body and continues to seek further opportunities to expand into new markets.

The VFA, still in existence a century after the original schism, merged with the former VFL reserves competition in 1998.

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

Silver Sands is becoming more popular with open water swimmers, who swim daily in the sea, both as a leisure pursuit, and as training for open water competition.

Logging has been an important industry in the past, but has been steadily declining with competition from other areas and the closure of the region's major pulp mills.

Autumn has a strong association with American football, as the regular season begins during September and ends with playoff competition in December or January, in the winter season.

Also in the Twin Cities area, the local chapter of the Alliance Française has hosted an annual event for years at varying locations with a competition for the " Best Baguette of the Twin Cities.

Indonesia, South Korea, China, and Malaysia along with Denmark are among the nations that have consistently produced world-class players in the past few decades, with China being the greatest force in both men's and women's competition in recent years.

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.

A new design competition was held, and President Millard Fillmore appointed Philadelphia architect Thomas U. Walter to carry out the expansion.

They were now facing stiff competition from their division rivals, the Philadelphia Flyers and Washington Capitals.

Burke decided to go to competition, which was held at the Cornerstone Baptist Church at 2117 North 33rd Street, Philadelphia, but was forced to borrow a jacket from his uncle, shoes from his stepfather, and pants from his other uncle.

The work is dedicated to the Musical Society Fund of Philadelphia and was entered into an international competition for chamber music run by the organisation.

The Dad Vail Regatta, an annual rowing competition, is held on the river near Boathouse Row, as is the annual Bayada Regatta, featuring disabled rowers from all over the continent, and in autumn the annual Head of The Schuykill Regatta takes place in Philadelphia.

In recent years, Lehigh Valley International Airport has encountered stiff competition from nearby airports such as Philadelphia International Airport ( 75 miles away ) and Newark Liberty International Airport ( 80 miles away ).

Angelo Cataldi, in an effort to boost the level of competition, brought in professional eaters from outside Philadelphia, including 99-pound Korean-American Sonya " The Black Widow " Thomas from Virginia and Long Island realtor Ed " Cookie " Jarvis.

In 1924, Eddy won the top prize in a competition that included a chance to appear with the Philadelphia Opera Society.

Then, when financial setbacks forced him to come out of retirement in the 1870s, he worked as second-in-command when his friend and younger colleague John McArthur, Jr. won the competition for Philadelphia City Hall.

Jackie Gayda, winner of the Tough Enough 2 competition, in one of her first TV matches ( a tag team match with Christopher Nowinski against Trish Stratus and Bradshaw on the July 8, 2002 edition of Raw from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania ), botched nearly every move that she tried or attempted to sell, the most infamous of which was a second-rope-bulldog by Stratus, which Gayda sold two seconds too late.

This gave it a line from Philadelphia north to Bethlehem, and also the valuable Delaware and Bound Brook Railroad, the descendant of the National Railway project, providing a route to New York City in direct competition with the Pennsylvania Railroad's United New Jersey Railroad and Canal Company.

Dunlap & Clarke of Philadelphia won the competition.

In Summer 1835 Robert F. Stockton bought control of the Trenton Delaware Bridge and Philadelphia and Trenton Railroad to end its competition with the C & A and the legal battle to connect at New Brunswick with the NJRR.

Between 1801 and 1806 rival factions of Jeffersonian Republicans in Philadelphia engaged in intense public debate and vigorous political competition that pitted radical democrats against moderates who defended the traditional rights of the propertied classes.

In 1954, the Explorer Scouts entered field competitions and, in their first " national " competition, finished second at the VFW Nationals in Philadelphia.

Unlike the rest of Philadelphia ( a solidly Democratic city ) there is consistent competition between Republicans and Democrats in some parts of the Northeast.

She won Fox television's Good Day Philadelphia " Philly Idol " competition, beating out hundreds of contestants for the top spot.

Mass attacks on blacks that developed out of strikes and economic competition occurred in Houston, Philadelphia and in East St. Louis in 1917.

An architectural competition for the Academy's design was announced in October 1854 and was won by the Philadelphia firm of Napoleon LeBrun and Gustavus Runge.

Its main competition is The Philadelphia Daily News.

Thus, they lacked size, and didn't have enough of a following to attract shoppers away from the true warehouse competition ( BJ's Wholesale Club, Pace Warehouse Club, and Price Club ), which won over the New York and Philadelphia metropolitan areas.

Super League America's domestic competition began its inaugural season in 1998, and was contested by six teams all in the Northeastern United States: the Glen Mills Bulls ( now the Aston Bulls ), the New Jersey Sharks ( now the Bucks County Sharks ), the New York Broncos ( now the New York Knights ), the Philadelphia Bulldogs ( now the Philadelphia Fight ), the Boston Storm, and the Pennsylvania Raiders.