Arsenal's deserved win after a game they dominated took them two points clear of north London rivals Tottenham Hotspur in the battle for third spot.
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For Liverpool counterpart Benitez, he watched his side fade badly as they lost further ground in the battle for fourth spot and a place in next season's Champions League.
With new products now in the market, the two OSes will likely see a protracted battle for third spot over the next year, according to the survey outfit.
On the pitching side, fourth starter Hughes is likely to miss the first days of spring, meaning David Phelps and Ivan Nova should slide into the fourth and fifth spots in the rotation, postponing their battle over the final rotation spot, for the time being.
In Division Two, Doyle Motors Bruisers faced Kingspin in the first of a consecutive two match battle to take the runners up spot.
Fifth placed Tottenham Hotspur, two points behind Arsenal in the battle for the final Champions League spot, have a game in hand over their North London rivals.
K. Galbraith (in the local book store in Gstaad, where they both went skiing, they would battle to get their books the best spot in the window).
New York is going to have to battle L.A., for the top spot on that one.
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And as Motorola's hold on customers wanes, the battle for that No. 3 bronze-medal spot may have become the most competitive, coveted seat in the industry.
SABMiller in its battle with America's Anheuser-Busch for second spot in the global brewing league, both already outrank InBev in revenues.
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Stuttgart will now battle it out with Unirea Urziceni for the remaining qualifying spot, with the Germans looking forward to a home tie against the Romanians, who stunned Sevilla 1-0 to move two points clear in second place.
The No. 3 handset maker has been trying to beef up its smart phone offerings to battle rivals Samsung, Motorola and Nokia and move into the No. 2 spot by 2012.
The shrine marks the burial spot of Hussein bin Ali, the grandson of the Prophet Muhammad, who was killed in battle nearby in 680.
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