In a head-to-head battle with Apple, Microsoft is fighting with one arm tied behind its back.
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The most famous head to head battle was in 1997 when a computer called Deep Blue defeated world chess champion Garry Kasparov.
Lawrie Smith's crew had been locked in a head-to-head battle with Innovation Kvaerner for the final 30 hours of the stage and the two boats arrived only four minutes apart in Baltimore around 2200 BST on Wednesday.
Off the field, hundreds of marketers went head-to-head in a battle of brains.
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The Battle for Berry Head re-enactment has been organised to raise funds for the local Coast and Countryside Trust.
Long jump rivals Chris Tomlinson, the 2008 World indoor silver medalist, and 2006 European silver medalist Greg Rutherford, who will represent Newcastle, will also go head-to-head in a potentially explosive battle.
However, there would be a battle in my head knowing that if I asked this or that question, it would initiate a series of conversations and questions that would be very productive from a problem-solving perspective.
It is strange watching a man decide whether to shoot or not, to watch his eyes on a target, to see the battle in his head for choices, to see a conversation happen in silence between two men on patrol.
Galileo Rock was just a short head behind in third, with Battle of Marengo next to finish.
The battle came to a head in April at a stormy shareholder meeting and is now turning into a legal fight.
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The Welsh Government might be on the right track but in the political PR battle to come, head teachers, parents, pupils, unions and politicians all fear Wales will lose out.
The real key, insiders say, was the team's decision to stick to head coach Bill Belichick's battle-tested philosophy for acquiring talent: focusing on young bit players who can step into small but crucial roles.
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But the grim reality for Owen Coyle's side is they have now suffered four consecutive league defeats and will continue to look nervously over their shoulders as the relegation battle comes to a head.
Hence, perhaps, Mr Chirac's determination, earlier this month, to win his battle for a Frenchman to head, some not-too-distant day, Europe's central bank.
Those curious enough to watch two grown men stage a living room swordfight (and provide insightful answers afterwards) can watch the battle after the break, and head to the source for more details.
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In other words they thought Wales would lose the political PR battle if the EBacc and WBacc went head to head.
To answer some of the recurring questions, she maintains a website decorated with cartoon bodies bearing Blume's head and containing annotated bibliographies, information on her battle with censorship and tidbits like her favorite color.
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What is clear is that the case marks a sharp escalation in the increasingly personal battle between Mr Navalny and Alexander Bastrykin, head of the Investigative Committee, the Russian equivalent of the FBI.
The search turned up traces of the building, and then something altogether more exciting: A human skeleton, complete with evidence of battle wounds -- a blow to the head, and an arrow in the back -- and scoliosis, or curvature of the spine.
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It gives players union head DeMaurice Smith the opportunity to now call out over the battle lines to the owners and the league and discuss ending this dispute from a position of strength, even if he now gives in to some of the concessions that ownership wants.
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However, during the Thanksgiving week the battle between the bankers and the politicians came to a head.
So if we are talking about a battle between the two then it is definitely Apple going head to head with Android.
The Lib Dems have said the contest - the first by-election battle of this Parliament where the two governing parties are going head to head - is close and they hope to "seal the deal" over the coming days.
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In recent months, Chairman and Chief Executive Philip Purcell has waged a public battle with a group of eight dissident shareholders who are calling for his head, claiming his mismanagement is to blame for the company's lackluster performance.
This was supposed to be the defensive battle the first quarter had seemed to foreshadow, but the lead changed a head-swiveling five times.
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But any fears the praise may go to his head are nullified by his heartbreaking experience of nursing his father Mark in his ultimately unsuccessful battle against Motor Neurone disease.
St Mirren remain three points off the foot of the table and head to bottom side Falkirk next week, but MacPherson is not overly concerned about a relegation battle.
The short answer in this case is that two very powerful groups are going head to head and lawmakers on the same side of the aisle are finding themselves on opposite sides of the battle.
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