Little League officials say competitive fairness, not safety, prompted the moratorium.
Players say the competitive fire of their coaches has rubbed off on them.
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He went on to say playing competitive sport for a school was "intrinsically exclusive" and it was "perfectly sensible to have lots of other physical activities for children who loathed PE".
All in all, blindly applying for roles that have no more clarity than the badly worded job description found on a job board makes it pretty tough to know what you are up against, what is really needed or what will be necessary to say to be competitive.
Economists say that to become competitive, Greece needs to devalue by at least 40%.
He was a bit more vague on that, but did say it would be competitive there as well.
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The contract was put out for competitive bids, say U.S. and Kyrgyz officials.
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"I guess we care because, why would you grant a monopoly to companies that are competitive and who say by their own admission that they're not failing...?" he asked.
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On the other hand, an increasing number of executives say that sustainability is becoming a competitive necessity, and that it is on the strategic agenda of their corporation.
They say wealthier nations put them at a competitive disadvantage when they subsidize their own crops.
The proposed rule has come under attack from U.S. investment banks which say it would put them at a competitive disadvantage and reduce liquidity.
Hong Kong manufacturers say this will make their products less competitive.
The IGT 2010 proxy goes on to say that the Audit Committee conducted a competitive process to select an independent registered public accounting firm for the 2011 fiscal year.
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The basic idea behind competitive bidding is that, say, on a county-by-county basis, you let private plans and traditional Medicare offer plans with the same actuarial value compete, to see who can offer the same package of benefits the most efficiently.
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Freeman and Longueuil also displayed a hard competitive edge, people who know them say.
I'd say the McLarens seemed to be a bit more competitive this weekend.
Supporters say it's a way to make insurance companies more competitive and keep health benefits tax free.
"Years later, you'll say, 'Wow, search got a lot more competitive, '" Gates said, referring to the rebate program.
Pakistani officials say their country can supply consumer goods and car components at competitive prices, but punishing tariffs make them far too expensive in India.
There's little hint of that in this discussion paper, but it seems the room for manoeuvre on competitive tax rates - particularly, let's say, for a newly independent Scotland negotiating with European partners - is getting sharply reduced.
The only problem: foreign companies that compete against U.S. companies, such as state-owned oil giants, aren't subject to the SEC's regulatory arm if they don't do business in the U.S. That could put American oil companies like ExxonMobil, ConocoPhillips and Chevron at a competitive disadvantage to their foreign counterparts, oil advocates say.
Mr. Lew and the school say that Citi offered the payments to NYU only after winning a competitive process to offer low rates to students.
The report's authors say that it would be foolish in the West to underestimate the competitive threat, as the track record of such fast-growing firms lays bare the potential challenge.
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Red Bulls executives say the team's turnaround is down to Henry's competitive drive, his ability to elevate the play of his teammates, and the sense of professionalism he has helped instill at the perennially underachieving franchise.
But you say that even a moderate carbon tax would not make nuclear power competitive, noting that the price of permits in Europe's emissions-trading scheme implies a social cost of carbon dioxide of euro20 per tonne.
Cotton exporters say this part of northern Mozambique should be able to sell cotton at competitive prices.
The last thing I would say is that well-trained -- this workforce remains the most competitive in the world.
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Experts say the Justice Department will give the Delta-Northwest deal the anti-competitive scrutiny that it gives all such cases.
As for Centrica's vast number of employees, they'll note that the group says "significant management action will be required to ensure that the business remains competitive" - which is normally the sort of thing companies say prior to announcing that costs and jobs are being cut.
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