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As she worked at her restaurant, an assailant threw acid in her face on behalf of a jealous rival.

Each works for a major U. S. search firm and won votes from at least three rival firms for being one of the top recruiters in their country.

Envy may lead to bitterness, or to a decision to compete with a rival and the production of a masterpiece.

Speaking in the West Bank city of Ramallah, President Abbas said he would consult with rival factions to try to end the bloodshed.

The news comes less than a week after rival ratings agency Moody's put Japan's bonds under review for a possible downgrade.

Rather, Cameron uses his clothes to distinguish himself from his main rival, and link himself to the political fairytale across the pond.

Why has gone through so much with the death of a total of Health, Wan Li's campaign for a long time, my rival is actually a woman!

The company man aged to infiltrate two or three men their rival's Research and Development Unit.

On the same day he said it, his rival in 2000, Al Gore, was being nominated for an Oscar for his film on the subject.

Africa can serve, she said, as a new source of global demand; its population may soon rival that of China and India.

In an era where play makers still reigned supreme, Savicevic could rival the best of them for the range and variety of his passing.

At courtship time, he waves it to attract females, often with a beckoning movement, or to fight rival males.

Putin said the joint song competition among SCO members could be called "Intervision" to rival the annual Eurovision Song Contest.

Barack Obama said he was inclined to back it, while John McCain, his Republican rival, said doing nothing had not been an option.

Today, my football team played in a game against our rival school that was just a few blocks away.

Listening to the news on the radio, it's easy to imagine the world is divided into rival tribes and competing civilisations.

Or even, as many heady Pakistanis currently expect, he might enter into a coalition with his bitter rival, the PPP.

The dollar, which like the yen has recently been gaining against rival currencies, climbed against the euro and the British pound.

Also, despite all the blather about juche (self-reliance), it would be odd if rival factions did not court outside help.

A year ago Nokia lobbed a lawsuit at Apple, alleging that its American rival's iPhone infringes on a number of its "essential patents" .

The US President highlighted what he said were differences between him and his rival , Republican Presidential candidate Mitt Romney.

For the first time, the only international sporting event to rival the Olympic Games in popularity will be taking place in Asia.

She did not indeed rival Butler in learning; but then no woman was more devoutly venerated than her to the extent of her husband's erudition

It says the merger, by making it a stronger rival to Verizon, would improve the industry's competitiveness.

His solution? He summoned the city editor and directed him to call two rival news-papers and have them to send reporters to his office.

You know, being a mother myself I've made mistakes That rival if not outshine your own. And I forgive you.

He is not exaggerating: in August BMS lost 75% of the market for Plavix in just a couple of weeks to its generic rival.

But their financial centers, Tokyo and Frankfurt, never grew deep enough to rival New York and the dollar market in London.

You said to him, but the last to leave you telephone man have regarded me as a rival, attitude to me is not good.

Almost a year ago at the height of the credit crisis, Bank of America bought troubled rival Merrill Lynch in a rushed deal.

Or is it a rival candidate trying to make her look like a manipulator?

Tarquin might have thought that the sibyl had just one rival buyer, and if each buyer wanted only one trilogy, that would be a supply glut.

great rival, Bill Gates, he suggested, would be "a broader guy if he had dropped acid once or gone off to an ashram when he was younger. "

The company has also tried to market its products in a variety of different ways to convince users to switch away from rival engines.

The group is aiming to expand into other provinces of China, a move which could make it a rival for CCTV, China's main state broadcaster.

On the surface, the announcement of a Google operating system seems to many like a shot at rival Microsoft, an attack at MS's core business.

A trader at a rival firm said the Morgan Stanley trader had been involved in short-term trading over credit index options on the CDX index.

Prosecutors cleared Lee Myung-bak of wrong doing-but his rival still hopes to see his unpopular skepticism above the front runner.

If it uses the money to acquire a major rival like Tudou, which is reportedly up for sale ( previous post), then so much the better.

B. There seems to have been an absence of attempt at conciliation between rival sects.

His rival, the top German long jumper Luz Long, came up to him and said a few word of encouragement.

He said researchers now hoped to interview some of the offenders to ask them why they wear the brand over rival sports makes.

Although he failed to win another world championship, Liu said he regretted seeing his friend and rival disqualified.

Republican rival Senator John McCain is across the pond still on his world tours, spending the holiday in London.

A rival company is trying to tempt her away from her present job with an offer of more money.

Some legal experts said HP could have taken different steps to ensure that Hurd did not land at a close rival in such a short time.

This extraordinary event will at least lead rival politicians of Japan to put down divergences and work together to figure out a budget.

In business, one year you might be competing ruthlessly with your rival, the next you'd both be on the same side of the fence.

He wanted a city to "rival London, New York, Tokyo or Shanghai" . He did not rule out the construction of more skyscrapers.

This was the famed Oedipus complex stage where the boy wants to possess his mother and sees his father as a rival for his attentions.

So far, however, it only seems to have been used to steal computer game code from rival gamers.

The two companies (the former is a potential rival) the relationship must also left from the beginning to be recognized and managed.

Eremoes always thought this destruction the work of a rival house, not the result of a sorcerous duel between his mother and his wife.

He said the real discussions should be taking place between the rival Palestinian factions.

The Americans have not had to deal with a true economic rival since the British more than half a century ago.

China is seen as the rising rival and an unfair competitor and is one of the few foreign-policy topics with great relevance on Main Street.

Outside the Muslim countries, however, there is a general consensus that it would be bad if China were to rival the U. S. militarily.

The high point of Hitler's Linz was to be a huge art museum to rival galleries like the Louvre or the Uffizi.

The musical also boasted a state-of-the-art stage design that could rival that of a Broadway and West-end production.

The beliefs of its two main political parties are often hard to tell apart. Both their leaders are grand sons of (rival) prime ministers.

As a cadre of the Party, I have gone so far as to put on a rival show against my own organization under the delusion of a cheat.

A year ago Nokia lobbed a lawsuit at Apple, alleging that its American rival's i Phone infringes on a number of its "essential patents" .

When we went to bed last night, it seemed like Stanley Ho was fighting his rival wives' attempts to divest him from his casino empire.

Short of an implosion to rival that of Bear Stearns in March, however, the rumours are unlikely to become real deals for the time being.

When the two men came head-to-head for the first time as bosses of rival clubs, it was the Frenchman who came out on top.

With this in mind, Calderon called for a coalition government, and said he would include members of rival parties in his Cabinet.

But to say that Mandarin will rival English is a "bit of a stretch" , says Manoj Vohra, Asia director at the Economist Intelligence Unit.

Contention between rival camps at a political convention is often acrimonious.

He said there would be a renewed attempt to reconcile Hamas and its rival Fatah, which counts Abbas among its leaders.

I'm pretty sure that she doesn't see me as a sexual threat, but she thinks of me as an emotional rival and I suppose she's right.

Mr Hayward accepts that this makes the company a prime hunting ground for rival agencies.

For all the anxiety the declining dollar drew from China this week (see article), it has no serious rival as the world's reserve currency.

Panama is one of only a few countries that recognize Taiwan and therefore forgo relations with its neighbor and traditional rival China.

It may also indicate that he was ambushed or attacked by a rival tribe's raiding party on his way to deliver the axe.

But his impact on intellectual life and practical affairs was slight compared with that of his English rival.

Mrs Merkel's personal ratings have held up better; voters prefer her to any likely rival as chancellor.

The specific complaint against Intel, brought by its smaller rival, AMD, was that it had bribed PC-makers to buy its own processors.

Earlier it had been agreed that Andry Rajoelina, who led a coup overthrowing his rival, Marc Ravalomanana, would remain head of state.

Bahrain was perceived to be a liberal oasis in the Persian Gulf, with a robust banking sector and a per capita income to rival Europe's.

While China is a growing rival to Japan, it also looks like one of the best routes to lift Japan out of its malaise.

Meanwhile, a defiant Mr Gbagbo, holed up in the presidential palace a stone's throw away from his rival, clings tenaciously to power.

In the field his playing flies like the wind over the grassland, over the rival, over every eye, which affects everyone's mind.

Our product is over and above our rival's product, and yet we're able to sell it at the same price.

Trains rival politicians as a subject on which the only acceptable attitude is one of permanent disappointment, leavened with rage.

Dismissive of Waheeba, she scorns the very idea that this lump of a woman, "obese, menopausal, illiterate" , could be her rival in anything.

Morgan's stock price has outperformed that of rival Goldman Sachs since the beginning of the year.

He said it dawned on him that the 300 dpi resolution on a smart phone screen made it the rival of expensive, specialized devices.

After nearly two years of specialization, JMatter is surprisingly robust, and its features easily rival Rails and Streamlined.

"We have beaten them in every aspect of the game, " he said of rival gene hunters at American and British universities.

Not to be outdone , arch-rival Virgin is unveiling its J2000 a seat that converts into a bed in its business-class section.

"We have beaten them in every aspect of the game, " he said of rival gene hunters at American and British universities.

Not to be outdone , arch-rival Virgin is unveiling its J2000 a seat that converts into a bed in its business-class section.

Warburg did more than most to boost London's standing, even if his own firm was to lose its way and fall to a foreign rival after his death.

Dominique de Villepin, a Gaullist rival to President Nicolas Sarkozy, said France had "lived up to its ideals" .

Becky had a dozen admirers in his place to be sure; and could cut her rival to pieces with her wit .

Such a pact would draw China into any conflict involving their ally and likely anger the U. S. and India, Pakistan's regional rival.

Henri Matisse, Picasso's rival for supreme artist of the modern period, described him as "a sort of god of painting" .

But even though she had to reduce her speed, she still increased her lead on her closest rival to arrive a comfortable second.

LONDON (Reuters) - Bus and rail group Stagecoach confirmed on Sunday it had approached rival National Express about a possible merger.

"Some of it is just about rival groups of kids, and those who want to assert their authority, " he said.

"Some of it is just about rival groups of kids, and those who want to assert their authority, " he said.

Certainly, the bank is in better shape than its arch-rival Citigroup, having largely avoided the most toxic subprime securities.

Every rival coach seems to point it out.

The presumption must be that Japan is no longer seen as a commercial threat, while China is both this and political rival.

There seems to have been an absence of attempt at rival reconciliation.

Oracle has carved up much of the worldwide enterprise-software market with rival SAP of Germany, with which it competes fiercely.

Viewers come away with a sense of Afghanistan's long history as a battleground for foreign interests and rival powers.

As long it was, Mr McCain remained close to his rival in the polls.

I was at first apprehensive of a powerful rival in Harry, as his friends were very able, and had a good deal of interest.

This rival was as difficult as we thought they would be. We had an experience with them in the first game.

This rival was as difficult as we thought they would be. We had an experience with them in the first game.

At the White House news conference earlier in the day, Mr. Obama was asked about the speculation Mr. Huntsman might be a 2012 rival.

People familiar with the matter said Vodafone's bid, which gave Hutchison Essar an enterprise value of $18. 8bn, topped rival offers.

He and rival wholesalers are trying to stockpile lobster in the hope that their biggest export market opens up again soon.

More generally, the dollar was the world's dominant currency for a century simply because it had no rival.

None of you can rival him in strength.

In the river water, did not know how many loves whirls around to hate the rival in love the humiliation and the bubble?

Rival Ashok Leyland is also cutting production to three days a week for the next month.

Also, French President Nicolas Sarkozy wanted to get his political rival out of France for a while.

Foreign investors now talk in terms of "the long term" rather than double-digit growth rates to rival China.

Foreign investors now talk in terms of "the long term" rather than double-digit growth rates to rival China.

Quetzalcoatl, one of the major deities of the Aztec people has been chased into exile by his rival, Tezcatlipoca.

It had seen off Apple, relegating its rival to the role of a boutique computer maker.

It does not have to be just a wife or husband, girlfriend or boyfriend or a rival company colleague of yours.

Rival investment banks are exploiting the upheaval at Morgan Stanley by trying to poach staff and clients.

"Serbia's only 'rival' in the number of smokers among European countries is Bosnia and Herzegovina, " she said.

Although it hasn't had the same media exposure, loop quantum gravity is so far the only real rival to string theory.

Such a partner cannot be a Europe that has degenerated into rival state groups.

Our main rival in Italy is Juventus, but we have to watch out for a number of sides, apart from Manchester United when we play in Europe.

But the bigger problem, according to a JPMorgan executive, was that the guarantee would fall away if Bear's board recommended a rival bid.

But the bigger problem, according to a JPMorgan executive, was that the guarantee would fall away if Bear's board recommended a rival bid.

Takeda Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd. 's rival drug, Actos, did not appear to carry the same risk, Graham said.

The gunmen and victims were all believed to be members of rival paramilitary "successor groups" .

At our hotel a bloody fist fight, fuelled by all-day drinking, broke out between the staff of rival airlines.

McCain gave an emotional speech after the concession in which he promised to help his former rival address the country's many challenges.

He wanted to see if he could catch sight of the rival submarine.

Pragmatists and ideologues seem to be pitching rival camps in the capital.

A return to the negotiating table would not be in the interest of the rival Palestinian militant group Hamas that rules the Gaza Strip.

For the U. S. , while Japan was in some ways an economic rival, it also has been a geopolitical and military ally.

Mr. Hanley said he foresees the rise of voice-to-text technology as a rival to traditional text messaging.

Mr. Hanley said he foresees the rise of voice-to-text technology as a rival to traditional text messaging.

BATS, one of the largest alternative exchanges, announced last month that it was acquiring rival Chi-X to create an even larger platform.

Such ETFs merely provide a simple way of investing in a basket of equities, and are not a rival form of equity.

The two rival parties have no common ground between them .

Senseo is a top seller in the American market and a rival to other single-serve coffees in the United States, like Green Mountain.

Fossil fuels, which (for the time being at least) are nuclear energy's principal rival, carry the risk of catastrophic climate change.

Moody's, a rival agency, has already commented that the summit did not diminish the risk of downward ratings revisions.

How stupid. Go from so far away to be here, just for asking rival in love not to refuse you. How stupid a girl!

Not that I'm trying to encourage fans of rival teams to throw mushrooms on the pitch.

The advent of digital tools will have an impact on education that will rival that of the printing press, said Ms. Cator.

President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad faces a strong challenge from his main rival, the reformist Mir Hosein Mousavi.

When the actor appeared to be a rival rather than a peer, cheating was nearly eliminated.

When your biggest rival looks set to leave a market you already dominate, it must be good news.

Some of her classmates thought Washington the eternal rival, never to be trusted.

In other rich countries it would not matter if some operators blocked some sites: consumers could switch to a rival provider.

China, a growing economic rival of the U. S. , was cited by 11% as top enemy a year ago.

To be attentive to one's body, to care for and paint it is to set oneself up as a rival of God and contest His creation.

On Sunday, rival carmaker Chrysler won court approval for the sale of the bulk of its assets to a group led by the Italian carmaker Fiat.

If, say, an office rival seems poised to trash one of your absent allies, I suggest you make a "preemptive positive evaluation. "

Then he encourages everyone to sell it off to leave his rival with a worthless stock.

I also enjoy the subtle dig at the local tv, radio stations and many rival newspapers that never seem to research anything.

Every business writer wants to produce a rival to "The World is Flat" or "The Long Tail" .

The classical law-of-nature doctrine found a rival in another doctrine.

Another important brake on progress was the fact that France's only likely naval rival, Italy, had no carriers.

You might think you're smart, but none of your senses rival the keenest abilities in the animal world.

Still, Ms. Jayalalithaa of the rival AIADMK party appears determined not to be outdone in the great giveaway.

A party led by a former ally, and now rival, appeared to have won the mayoral election in La Paz.

Last week, rival Dell reported sharply higher sales and earnings on the back of a strong PC refresh cycle for corporations.

Uncle Liu said that although many local residents came to him, his business still cannot rival that of those hair salons.

In two or three years China will displace Japan as America's closest economic rival.

This time it was a rival suitor who made his appearance, and Simon's hot Irish temper rose when he saw another Richmond in the field.

Stand up to a bully; speak out against a fraud; fight off a rival for a prize.

Much of his effort is aimed at deterring his rival from intervening in a future crisis over his business.

you burned the house of your rival in love, if it is not so called fight , then i do not know what it is.

China is now emerging as a rival, sending its ships farther out to sea as its military strength grows.

Fighting between rival Libyan militias near the city of Zawiya left at least ten people dead.

But the squeeze on Gaza has led to what Israel wanted to avoid: co-operation between Hamas and its rival party, Fatah.

A year later, in Gaza, Hamas violently ousted Fatah, its secular rival that had long ruled the Palestinian roost.

In the years since 1968, the club's fortunes had not only declined but, worse, those of its greatest rival, Liverpool FC, had risen.

That was the first thing he told me, the wing is for the wingers, and that the striker should be focused on the two rival centre-backs.

Yue Fei returned to battle and became one of the nation's most celebrated warriors before being framed by a rival and executed.

"I am not convinced that any other player in the industry could pay $40bn, " the head of a rival fertiliser company said.

Ms Silva is not very charismatic either, but she is one of the few other people in Brazilian politics with a biography to rival Lula's.

Simon Property revealed it had made a $10 billion offer for General Growth Properties, a rival which is in bankruptcy protection.

Mr Ouattara, who recently won a power struggle with his rival Laurent Gbagbo, said law and order would be maintained by the police.

The legal and regulatory obstacles to News Corporation's effort were never as great as those rival media companies made them out to be.

The number one place in the rankings was taken once again by Google, which retained its two-spot edge over its rival Microsoft.

It was like watching a teasing dialogue between rival princes in a Shakespeare play, all hints and hidden meanings beneath the politesse.

It closed after two years, unable to fight off rival counterfeit products that quickly destroyed the brand in Russia.

In addition, as the company already noted, iOS games now rival prime-time TV viewing in terms of audience size.

Your garden does not rival a royal garden, but what you really love is not the royal garden but yours.

After half a century of almost wall-to-wall rule by his rival's party, that should be an intoxicating message.

Until recently, the party's only consolation was that its rival, the LDP, was even less popular.

Some date the start of Mr Mugabe's misrule to the emergence of his rival as the great independence hero of Africa.

"In terms of timing, Goldman got it (the crash) right this time. Well done, " said an oil trader with a major rival bank.

The embarrassing thing is assuredly that there is not only the ear, and that the look is an outstanding rival to it.

By eliminating all rival institutions, Qaddafi has ensured that there is nothing, and no one, to take his place.

Alternatively, China could create a rival to the dollar if it let the yuan be used in transactions abroad.

The media has claimed for itself a status and legitimacy to rival that of elected representatives.

The Democratic campaign must be delighted, not least by the neglect of his Republican rival, John McCain.

While it would not be smart to trade Bryant to a Western Conference rival, it makes the most sense.

In Egypt there was never any prospect of a rival candidate being allowed to defeat Mr Mubarak, who has been president since 1981.

King Gao Xin was overjoyed to see the head of his rival, and gave orders to bring Pan Gu some fresh meat.

Several people were killed in the clashes, a direct result of the SLA's anger at the rival group's participation in the negotiations.

Just today, it was revealed that rival Facebook is going to be teaming up with search rival Baidu in China for a social network.

Ever since, New Delhi has distrusted Beijing's military assistance to its arch-rival, viewing it as a strategy to weaken India.

Elsewhere China continues to have cold relations with its new nuclear rival, and old territorial rival, India.

Vale, Brazil's biggest mining group, was forced to admit yesterday it was in talks over a takeover of its Anglo-Swiss rival Xstrata.

The courts also overruled the Bush administration's attempt to block the acquisition of PeopleSoft by a rival database firm, Oracle.

But speaking at a rally in Golden, Colorado, Obama seemed to sense a "golden" opportunity to paint his rival as out of touch on the economy.

An industry source speculated the incident could be an attempt to hit the rival by taking over policyholders .

Business leaders have often evoked a sense of "the other" , a great rival or threat, to focus minds and encourage people to work harder.

Just as things are starting to look extremely dark for General Motors, cross-town rival Chrysler is having an upswing in luck.

I once watched a film about a war between rival gangs in an American city. It was a sad story of crime and violence.

But CDB was never able to submit a formal bid and Allianz over the weekend agreed to sell Dresdner to German rival Commerzbank.

In particular, Intel has decided to go after the smartphone and consumer electronics segments, which are dominated by rival chip designs.

Third, with China's rapid development, the United States has vigorously against China as it is to curb the main rival.

Republican presidential contender John McCain picked up the endorsement of a former rival Thursday.

It is no coincidence that the only other scheme comes from Blackstone, its listed private equity rival.

But the flight is just as much an event in Airbus's fierce battle for supremacy with Boeing , its US rival .

It was Mao, after all, who helped forge modern China out of an assemblage of rival regions and feuding warlords.

But he grows increasingly animated as he discusses rival "Shaolin" tours and others who seek to associate themselves with the monastery.

At least four people have been killed as rival Palestinian factions battled today in Gaza.

In his first edition, Poor Richard predicts "the inexorable death" of his rival almanac writer Titan Leeds, giving the exact day and hour.

The government's policy is indistinguishable from that of its Labour rival, and equally pernicious.

When it became clear that Mr Winch was going to lose his Chairmanship, his secretary turned a cat. in pan and went off to a rival company.

A year earlier, Rupert Murdoch had bought MySpace, a rival whose audience even today remains bigger than Facebook's, for $580m.

But Fergie told Heinze United have no intention of letting him join a title rival but may let him sign for a continental outfit.

Furthermore, the lack of a rival provider of tests to get a second opinion makes it impossible to ensure that results are accurate.

Pakistan, seeing itself at a disadvantage to its bigger rival, has long argued that past stocks should be monitored too.

None of us can rival him in strength.

Milan director Leonardo confirmed they would likely rival Barca or any other side for the player if bidding did begin.

However, some argue that demand is unlikely to rival that of buyers from the Middle East and Russia.

Many Americans, however, might ask why the State Department had allowed a rising economic rival into such a vast oil reserve.

He and the proctor capped each other as they met, as if they were rival powers, and the man hardly knew which was the greater.

On Monday, a group of prisoners went on the rampage around the prison, killing rival gang members and capturing other guards at gunpoint.

The reasons for attacks are numerous but a large proportion can be acclaimed to industrial espionage incited by a rival company.

More important, New York has no real global rival for dominance in the culture industry.

In its efforts to stop the rot Daimler has talked to Volkswagen and Fiat as well its great rival, BMW.

Oracle's main database rival is I. B. M. , which, like H. P. , sells more than $100 billion in equipment and services a year.

To suffer a blow. The company suffers a blow right after buying part of its rival company's stake.

Most forecasters see a deepening recession in 2009 that will rival only that of the 1980's in post-war severity.

Ford Motor, GM's Detroit rival, had the top-selling model in the clunker program with its fuel-efficient Focus.

Walcott says he draws inspiration not just from his team-mates, but from opposing players, including Chelsea rival Didier Drogba.

A few days before the game its arch-rival, Coca-Cola, was also bitten by a charitable bug.

Seven years later, Roadway ranked first in its sector in China, with profits twice that of its nearest rival.

Mr Icahn proposed Jonathan Miller, a former head of rival internet service AOL, as one of his nominees.

The EU also ordered the company to stop sales tactics which it saidblockblocked its smaller rival AMD from selling computer chips.

"For all intents and purposes , Tata is the preferred bidder, " said a person close to one of the rival bidders .

The surface of Raxus Prime is covered with refuse, piled over countless generations to rival the elevation of natural mountains.