With the success of muay Thai in the mixed martial arts, it has become the de facto style of choice for competitive stand-up fighters.

Clemens was known for his fierce competitive nature and for his hard-throwing pitching style that he used to intimidate batters.

This style of skiing was created out of frustration with the highly competitive nature of other freestyle disciplines.

However they are not currently in style for competitive dressage.

Online multiplayer gaming was popular on the Mplayer. com and Zone. com services and for a time featured a thriving competitive clan based community with numerous independent ladder style leagues.

VAZ 21099 4-dr saloon, rear view Despite NAMI ( National Automobile Institute ) having allowed the involvement of Porsche engineers in the engine development, the Samara never achieved the same success as the Riva, even though it did prove to be a robust car with a modern style and an initially competitive price.

While kyudo is primarily viewed as an avenue toward self-improvement, there are often kyudo competitions or tournaments whereby archers practice in a competitive style.

This is why " speedball " is the preferred style for large competitive leagues such as PSP and NPPL.

They paddle in a general canoe style since canoes dragon boats, proa's and rafts are all distinctly differing paddle craft all paddled similarly variations exist due to the size and seating position in the boat ( Note that the sweep is not a helmsman or ' coxswain ', which are British-based naval and competitive rowing terms ( coxswain is also a Canadian War Canoe racing term ) for the person in charge of the boat.

The controversial yet revolutionary racerback style ’ s open shoulder and exposed back allowed greater range of motion in water and was quickly adopted by competitive swimmers, despite being banned by some beaches.

However, this style is not commonly used for competitive swimming, as a lot of energy is spent on pushing the body up and down instead of forward.

Keane was a dominating central-midfielder, noted for his aggressive and highly competitive style of play, an attitude which helped him excel as captain of Manchester United from 1997 until his departure in 2005, having joined the club in 1993.

Robert Kelly Slater ( born February 11, 1972, Cocoa Beach, FL, USA ) is an American professional surfer known for his competitive prowess and style.

Domestic Extemporaneous Speaking ( also called United States Extemporaneous Speaking or National Extemporaneous Speaking, and variously contracted to Domestic Extemp, National Extemp, U. S. Extemp, DX, NX, or USX ) is a style of competitive speaking sponsored by the National Forensic League, the Florida Forensic League, and the National Catholic Forensic League.

International Extemporaneous Speaking ( also called Foreign International Extemporaneous Speaking, and variously contracted to International Extemp, Foreign Extemp, FX, FEX, or IX ) is a style of competitive speaking sponsored by the National Forensic League.

Two years after the merger, the VGN began gaining new life in a book, as it was presented as classic story of competitive business intrigue mixed with a story-telling writing style about the lore of the railroad and its people.

It was founded by debate educators who believe that the debate tournament is an extension of the communication classroom and that even competitive debates should provide students with skills of research, argument selection, and presentation style that will benefit them as public advocates.

After his return in 1855, Hunt founded the first American architectural school at his Tenth Street Studio Building ( beginning with only four students ), co-founded the American Institute of Architects and from 1888 to 1891 served as the Institute's third president, brought the first apartment building to Manhattan in a burst of scandal, and set a new ostentatious style of grand houses for the social elite and the eccentric, competitive new millionaires of the Gilded Age.

This has led to an extremely competitive style of racing at Talladega and Daytona.

It is obvious, therefore, that the race should not be classed with road-rallies in the style of the recreated Mille Miglia ; the race is competitive speed restricted to 145 mph on the closed-road sections.

Plot ' n ' bash is a style of navigational information used on road rallies, where competitors are handed the route information at the start of each competitive section, just as the clock is started.

In the early days of competitive sledding, the predominant style was luge-style racing lying on one's back, but the invention of the flexible runner sled ( Flexible flyer ) in 1887, known colloquially as ' the American ', led to Mr. Cornish using the head-first style in the 1887 Grand National.

A competitive style swim cap in use.

For the past 40 years Congress has advocated a carefully planned, balanced and competitive railway system.

Foreign competition has become so severe in certain textiles that Washington is exploring new ways of handling competitive imports.

Egypt's Ambassador to the UN has also stated " The question is why all of a sudden, when third world labour has proved to be competitive, why do industrial countries start feeling concerned about our workers?

The mobile telephone segment has benefitted from a competitive environment between operators Celtel, Télécel Faso, and Telmob, which has pushed rates down even as density and coverage area increased.

" Cobb was a mean-spirited man, fiercely competitive and loathed by many of his fellow professionals, but his career batting average of. 366 has yet to be bested.

While initiated in England, competitive men's badminton in Europe has traditionally been dominated by Denmark.

The WCC has multiple divisions, including a singles finger-shooting category for competitive players ( Adult Singles ), novices ( Recreational ), and younger players ( Intermediate, 11-14 yrs ; Junior, 6-10 yrs ).

Bell appealed both requirements, citing that the rules do not apply to cable companies and that they constituted proactive rate regulation by the CRTC, which goes against government official policy direction that the regulator only intervene in markets after a competitive problem has been proven.

Even with its athletic and competitive development, cheerleading at the school level has retained its ties to the spirit leading traditions started back in the 1890s.

This service is made available, at no additional cost, to Optimum Broadband subscribers, and is available at over 14, 000 locations across Long Island, NY, parts of NJ and CT. Cablevision has reported a double digit reduction in subscriber churn since launching Optimum Wi-Fi, even as Verizon has rolled out FiOS, a competitive residential broadband service in the Cablevision footprint.

Since the design of such high-end chips nominally takes about five years to complete, to stay competitive a company has to fund at least two of these large design teams to release products at the rate of 2. 5 years per product generation.

Adams has spoken positively about the change, saying, " This makes cartooning a competitive sport.

Dalhousie has 6 competitive sports clubs and 17 recreational clubs.

Eritrea has no domestic petroleum production ; the Eritrean Petroleum Corporation conducts purchases through international competitive tender.

To remain competitive, Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc. has stressed the reputation of the Britannica, reduced its price and production costs, and developed electronic versions on CD-ROM, DVD, and the World Wide Web.

General equilibrium theory has demonstrated, with varying degrees of mathematical rigor over time, that under certain conditions of competition, the law of supply and demand predominates in this ideal free and competitive market, influencing prices toward an equilibrium that balances the demands for the products against the supplies.

During the speech, Spielberg and Coppola talked about the joy of winning an Oscar, making fun of Lucas, who has not won a competitive Oscar.

In similar fashion, hemoglobin also has competitive binding affinity for cyanide ( CN < sup >-</ sup >), sulfur monoxide ( SO ), nitric oxide ( NO ), and sulfide ( S < sup > 2 -</ sup >), including hydrogen sulfide ( H < sub > 2 </ sub > S ).

With its roots in market research, ' competitive intelligence ' has been described as the ' application of principles and practices from military and national intelligence to the domain of global business '; it is the business equivalent of open-source intelligence.

**-The Public Transport Regulatory Commission has entered into an agreement with a private sector consortium, following a competitive bidding process, to develop a light rail system between the Jordanian capital Amman and nearby industrial city of Zarqa.

The game was historic as not only the first time in chess history a female player beat the world's No. 1 player in competitive play, it was the first time in any sport that the No. 1 ranked male player has lost to the No. 1 ranked female player.

Due to the 1997 unrest in Albania and the Kosovo War in 1998 – 1999 ethnic Albanian traffickers enjoyed a competitive advantage, which has been eroding as the region stabilises.