With the fierce price competitiveness created by this sticky-upward demand curve, firms use non-price competition in order to accrue greater revenue and market share.

O Jatavedas, when thou hast matured him, then send him on his way unto the Fathers ... let thy fierce flame, thy glowing splendour, burn him With thine auspicious forms, o Jatavedas, bear this man to the region of the pious ... Again, O Agni, to the Fathers send him who, offered in thee, goes with our oblations.

With fierce radio propaganda in the winter of 1939 the Germans sought to turn the Egyptians against the British.

With many companies in the market, competition for customers becomes fierce, even though the increase in the growth rate of sales at the initial part of this stage.

With a circulation rising quickly to 400, 000 copies by 1997, the newspaper had the territory's second largest circulation, despite fierce competition against 60 other newspapers.

With the introduction of independent privately owned channels in Greece in the late 1980s, programme quality changed to a more commercial variety, in order to survive the fierce competition for ratings.

With his mane of hair and bristling moustache, Cole was often confused with British prime minister Ramsay Macdonald, causing dismay in public when he launched into a fierce attack on Labour Party policy.

With the establishment of the German Empire in 1871, Holstein became secretary of the ambassador in Paris, Harry von Arnim, a patroniser of the French royalists and a fierce opponent of Chancellor Bismarck, who finally enforced Arnim's discharge and conviction for breach of secrecy.

With a strong breeze around the Olympic Stadium, temperatures at the start of the race were not as fierce as they had been over the weekend, at a mere 26 degrees.

With Lieutenant Lansdale in command, the landing party was ambushed and forced to retreat after a fierce fight near Vailele.

Battling hard with Mastern Gregory driving the Ecurie Ecosse Lister Jaguar, they swapped the lead between them inches apart. The competition was so fierce that Archie dented his car's nose on the rear of the Ecosse car on lap three. With Archie leading on lap six they arrived at Blanchimont, then in the Clubhouse bend ( where Richard Seaman died in 1939 ) to find the track slick with rain, the right hand front wheel of the Lister hit a road sign snapping the track rod causing a disastrous accident.

With the destruction of the Spanish army in 1808, Spanish resistance transformed into fierce guerrilla warfare.

With this release the band further refined their sound creating four powerful and dynamic songs combining fierce layered vocals, lurching time changes, snaking guitar lines and a pounding rhythm section.

With its last ten panzers, the Müncheberg at first made good progress against the surprised Soviets, however fierce defensive fire and several local counter-attacks soon halted the advance.

With beautiful clear blue skies above and surrounded by coral reefs below, this South Seas paradise became a strong base for the Combined Fleet and the front lines of the naval war ; a place where many fierce battles were fought.

With the arriving of First Army on the battlefield the following day, attacks continued along the entire front but were met with fierce resistance and even limited counter-attacks by the Ottomans.

With the ensuing California oil boom, or " black-gold " rush, competition from various less scrupulous large oil companies was fierce — several of whom, along with William Randolph Hearst, tried to drive the more honest Bell's smaller operation out of business — a saga documented in the fictionalized account by writer Upton Sinclair in a 1927 novel Oil !, also the basis for the 2007 movie, There Will Be Blood.

: With fierce eyes, with glowing eyes, they seize the thumb ;

: With fierce eyes, with glowing eyes, they rip off the nail.

With his father's death in 1892, and his appointment as head of the Bahá ’ í faith, there was much opposition against him, including virtually all his family members.

With only minor opposition in the primary and no opposition at all in the general election, Clinton was elected Arkansas Attorney General in 1976.

With the fall of the government, Disraeli and the Conservatives returned to the opposition benches.

With many traditional domestic Liberal policies now regarded as irrelevant, he focused the party on opposition to both the rise of Fascism in Europe and the appeasement foreign policy of the British government, arguing that intervention was needed, in contrast to the Labour calls for pacifism.

With the declaration of war, the Greek Army of Thessaly under Crown Prince Constantine advanced to the north, successfully overcoming Ottoman opposition in the fortified Straits of Sarantaporo.

With the Federalist Party in disarray due to the unpopularity of their opposition to the War of 1812, he was easily elected.

With no more opposition against him, Kaunda allowed the creation of a personality cult.

With few exceptions, Italian prelates accepted the changes positively ; there was no protest movement or open opposition to the internationalization efforts.

With Aziz constitutionally completing his term and the suspension of the Chief Justice in 2007, Musharraf dramatically fell from the presidency in 2008 after voluntarily resigning in a facing threat of impeachment led by the people-elected opposition parties.

With the exception of sporadic liberalization, all opposition movements and independent media are essentially banned in Uzbekistan.

With the creation of the ALBA, Fidel Castro — leader of Cuba since 1959 — and Hugo Chávez reaffirmed their opposition to the perceived imperialism of the United States.

With this last minute change in opposition in mind, and the added fear of the Republican Guard blowing up the platforms upon attack, the SEALs decided to change their plan to quickly take out all opposition before physically securing MABOT.

With the Federalist Party in collapse, Madison's Secretary of State, James Monroe, had an advantage in winning the presidency against very weak opposition.

With such declared policies as balancing the federal budget, a firm pro-choice stance on abortion, expansion of the war on drugs, ending outsourcing of jobs, opposition to gun control, belief in protectionism on trade, advocating the Environmental Protection Agency and enacting electronic direct democracy via " electronic town halls ," he became a potential candidate and soon polled roughly even with the two major party candidates.

With respect to proposals by the State Council of the People's Republic of China, the NPC has rejected a bill on maritime safety, and it is no longer uncommon for the State Council to amend or withdraw a bill on account of NPC opposition as with the case of the fuel tax and the draft food safety law which have been repeatedly blocked by the NPC.

With all opposition crushed, the king and the Despensers were left the unquestioned masters of England.

With Dick Leitsch's replacement as president of Mattachine NY by " Michael Kotis " in April, 1970, opposition to the march by Mattachine ended.

With the increasingly racially-divisive politics that have followed the election of the PLP government, as well as the decades of increasing costs-of-living, the exclusion of unskilled workers from jobs in the white collar international business sector that has come to dominate Bermuda's economy, and the global economic downturn, all of which many Black Bermudians perceive as hitting them hardest, there is little sentiment today amongst people who have long been obliged to think of themselves as Black, in opposition to being White, to identify even partly with their European ancestry.

With Philip's death and the accession of Louis, this opposition rapidly developed in more open revolt, some authors citing Louis ' relative youth as one of the reasons behind the timing of the rebellions.

With the late October deadline approaching in 2006, it was regarded as very unlikely that the election would in fact be held by that point, and the opposition and the rebels rejected the possibility of another term extension for Gbagbo.

With no chance of regaining his judicial posts, he instead returned to Parliament, where he swiftly became a leading member of the opposition.

With his departure, overt opposition to the Reformation ended in the city.

With most of the political opposition crushed, Sejanus felt his position was unassailable.