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The original idea of their fourth-generation fighters is to have an aircraft capable of beating any other contender.

So a repairing with Cody in an adult, sharp-witted story about a sort of homecoming sounds like a top contender.

In less than a year, China went from a polluting megapower to an up-and-coming clean-tech contender that promises to outpace America.

Jack Dorsey, creator of the microblogging service, suggests that you can't make a call on a contender unless you give it a fighting chance.

R8 starts at a hefty $109, 000, meaning it would be a farce if it weren't at least a top contender for the sports-car crown.

But if new European Space Agency (ESA) findings from the Venus Express spacecraft are correct, it looks as if Venus coulda been a contender.

Considering the team's contender status with him on the roster, it will all be worth it.

The new manager regenerated the losing team and made it a strong contender for first place.

The capital of Japan is the only contender to have held the Olympics before - and the public is not exactly supporting a second run.

New technologies have emerged recently that have lowered the cost of aluminum fabrication making it a strong contender to CroMo.

Permission to be a contender, however, should not be confused with an opportunity to win, and still less to govern.

Dimethyl carbonate (DMC) is a strong contender to help the refining industry meet the Clean Air Act specifications for oxygen in gasoline.

One of his lines from the film, "I coulda been a contender, " has been widely imitated.

Liberal MP Tony Abbott, a senior member of the coalition and leadership contender, said there was no reason for alarm.

They might not be ready to win the league, but they are a genuine top four contender.

The early-season blossoming of Andrew Bynum transformed the Lakers from a win-some-lose-some outfit into a legitimate contender.

Robert Enke won eight caps for Germany and was a leading contender to be their first-choice goalkeeper at the World Cup next summer.

Seen by many as a potential Republican presidential contender, Huntsman is fluent in Chinese from his days as a Mormon missionary in Taiwan.

Ghosn beat his own schedule for making Nissan profitable, and, following a series of three-year plans, made into a serious contender again.

It was a generous statement from a brilliant and unforgiving young contender who had played Federer to the very edge of his limits.

The emergence of Mr. Li as a contender was the subject of a page-one article in July.

but the group is an unspectacular contender in industries from telecoms to convenience stores and is now moving into carmaking.

Rockets general manager Carroll Dawson is convinced his club needs only a few additional pieces to become a serious contender.

Sol Campbell must also be a contender after three outstanding years in a Red shirt following his controversial move from Spurs.

Allardyce, the Bolton Wanderers manager, said last night that he thought he was still a contender for the England job.

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

We bever had such a contender before in 60 years of Miss Universe history!

They are the only major contender to have been beaten so early in South Africa.

Although the United States still needed to catch up to the Russians, we then certainly became a contender in the space race.

No one ever expected Japan to become a military threat to the West, or even a contender for diplomatic influence around the world.

And he may be the only contender praised in a chart-topping song.

Always, it was this: In the post-Shaq era, Bryant had to be playing for a contender.

Thus, the Wuhan Shangri-La Hotel remained as the only contender up against the Science & Technology Exhibition Centre.

That certainly sounds like a strong contender for the bad-news slot.

The latest entry, dubbed Verano, will be arriving shortly to Buick's 2, 100 dealers and it looks like a strong contender as well.

In order for a rider to qualify as a bona fide race contender, he must first be a licensed rider.

"Good Bye Lenin! " was also a strong contender in the Berlin film festival's main competition.

C. Ronaldo is also a strong contender to win the FIFA award and the European Golden Ball organized by the French magazine France Football.

Democrat Howard Dean may have been the ground breaker . He was a contender for the Democratic presidential nomination in 2004.

Now she's widely considered a strong contender for a gold medal at the 2010 Vancouver Olympics.

On Tuesday, Mr. Obama will take his message to Iowa, the battleground state that turned him into a serious presidential contender in 2008.

If slow and steady wins the race, the heart is certainly a contender for the title.

Democrat H. D. may have been the ground breaker. He was a contender for the Democratic presidential nomination in 2004.

Believed to be born in 1957, Eeyore, the donkey, is now a Guinness World Record contender for the oldest donkey in the world.

The messages do not have to use HTTP (SMTP is the other major contender in this race, although it's probably a distant second).

He was seen by many analysts as a potentially strong contender when he first got into the race.

With the US space agency out of the running, the leading contender for a return to the moon is China.

US Republican White House contender Mitt Romney has pulled off a double win in the Michigan and Arizona primaries.

Republican presidential contender Mike Huckabee came in a surprisingly close second to Mitt Romney in the Iowa straw poll on Saturday.

Obama emerged as a possible contender with a barnstorming speech at the 2004 Democratic convention.

The leading contender is the fabled blended-wing body, which replaces the conventional tube with a triangular shape.

The reformist contender had initially tried to cancel Monday's rally amid concerns that police would try to suppress it.

Even those pesky pundits have noticed. ESPN 's JeffVanGundy said he was revising hisearlier viewthatthe Magic wasn't a serious contender.

One Republican presidential contender weighed in with a different perspective.

The only other major contender for the identifying property is the project's name.

So all eyes are on Mr. Murakami, who's an unlikely contender for the title of national hero at 61 years of age.

And yet the SDR is, in fact, a poor contender.

Another top film contender this year is The Social Network, the story of a billion-dollar idea that became the Internet site Facebook.

Despite billions in investment, its Xbox line is still at best an equal contender in the game console business.

While the Pistons look like a playoff team, they no longer look like a serious contender for an NBA title.

Barack Obama has arrived in Iraq as the presidential contender continued a tour meant to burnish his international credentials.

Les Aspin, chairman of the House Armed Services Committee, was a leading contender to become secretary of defense.

Democratic contender Barack Obama spoke about the war at a campaign event in North Carolina.

Vancl, an online clothing retailer which has also started selling other goods, is a strong contender.

A serious contender needs a rugged personality, even if it is primarily a finesse team.

Jon Huntsman Jr. , a former Utah governor and ambassador to China, isn't a serious contender for the Republican presidential nomination.

The "sub- CTS " would be a 3-Series contender slotted under the CTS and would likely be Cadillac's highest volume model, Shannon explained.

Yet another contender, "The Princess and the Frog, " from Walt Disney Pictures, is a hand-drawn throwback to the heyday of the genre.

Observers had considered him a contender for this year's Nobel Peace Prize.

Wolfowitz and Michel also met with Jean-Pierre Bemba, the main contender during the recent election.

Hewitt is no longer a contender in grand slam tournaments. In fact, he hasn't been for quite some time.

This saxophone is a serious contender for the player interested in consistency of action and intonation.

In the meantime, he is a serious contender to overturn 79 years of history and defeat a first-term government.

But the Thunderbird is aimed at the traditional middle sector, an area in which it has not yet pitched a contender.

Craig Gordon was a contender, but I am not big on goalkeepers being captain.

At the time, few observers believed Mr Zuma could remain a serious contender for president, our correspondent says.

Apple hopes to make the model more of a contender among price-conscious consumers who have favored Android devices.

From that point of view, another promising contender (mentioned by Emre) is personalized search .

No serious Democratic contender has yet come forward to challenge Mr Cuomo for the party's nomination.

With an incredible sound track of exclusive mixes and some lush nightclub graphics, DJ Hero is the new contender for best party game.

"China's one-child policy is gruesome and barbaric, " former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, a 2012 contender, said Tuesday in a statement.

Each has a strong contender to win the presidential Blue House.

And then he'll exert the same escalating pressures to get moved to a contender before he turns 60.

She quickly became a strong contender in this event, winning gold in the match sprint competition at the 1986 world championships.

"I mean, " objected one, "how can she not mention that Hillary Clinton is the leading Democratic contender for president? "

NEWLY-appointed Hawthorn vice-captain Luke Hodge believes 2007 will be the season his young side emerges as a genuine finals contender.

Moffat was contender for the top job at International Business Machines.

The most likely contender is Murdoch, but he is preoccupied with his own troubles.

The leading contender, the Nabucco pipeline, backed by the European Union, is gaining speed (see map).

That is, until Sadr met with Ayad Allawi, a top contender for the prime minister post in Iraq and one of the cleric's sworn enemies.

In December 2005, she held her first community meeting to establish herself as a contender for the delegate seat.

John McCain, another possible presidential contender in 2008, has been out in front.

No more the Ferrari number two, Massa is now a contender.

But for our purposes, I think it's not a contender. So I'm just going to put it aside.

Until the scandal, the 46-year-old congressman was seen as a leading contender in his city's 2013 mayoral contest.

He also paid tribute to fellow-Democratic contender Hillary Clinton, who vied to become America's first woman president.

Huntsman is the latest contender to formally declare for the Republican nomination.

Alas, the 49-year-old Mr Valls is considered too young to be a serious contender.

"China is moving at a pretty rapid pace to becoming a military contender, " said a senior US official.

Pawlenty is the first major Republican contender to take the initial step of setting up an exploratory committee.

Fiorentina, another perennial contender but now bottom of the table, is adapting to a new coach.

No plausible contender for the presidency has much foreign-policy experience.

Resume be accompanied by, hope you can feel the job I was a strong contender and hope to receive an interview notice as soon as possible.

Another big man also will be needed, with Bosh the leading candidate, but Carlos Boozer is a contender, too -- and that'll make 11.

She has gone from fiery senator and presidential contender to increasingly marginalized run of the mill bureaucrat.

Republican contender John McCain has also been campaigning in Ohio and Texas in advance of Tuesday's primaries.

If they add the right free agent or land a really good draft pick, they could be a surprise contender.

In the 2000 Sydney Olympics, he was seen as a top contender for the all-around gold, but only gained a silver.

The press established him as the leading contender.

Strauss-Kahn has not yet declared if he will be a candidate for the 2012 polls, but he was considered a likely and strong contender.

the last time i was there when new england had a superbowl contender was 1986 , which was pretty ugly from a new england point of view.

Ron Paul, an outside Republican contender, has been lambasting the Federal Reserve for years over its easy money policies.

After all, we live in a solar system, in a space-time continuum, and astrology is the biggest contender for the unified field theory.

One contender would certainly be whether the euro will collapse.

Lajos Bokros, a reforming finance minister in the 1990s, may also be a contender.

Malaysia also could be a contender, analysts say.

Can't do that if you want to be a serious contender.

China is currently building 26 new reactors, more than twice as many as the nearest contender, Russia.

The boxing drama "The Fighter" earned 7 nominations, and is another contender for best picture.

Now the favoured contender is apparently the American design, which is being developed by General Dynamics.

They entered last season as a projected title contender only to finish seventh in the West.

The leading opposition contender, a former army captain, Manfred Reyes Villa, won just 27% of the vote.

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In some towns her rival, who elsewhere was a close contender, secured precisely no votes.

The addition of another contender to an already crowded field of telephone systems will surely multiply the confusion.

The Belmont Racetrack, on the border with Queens, is one hot contender.

For the first time since the ruling AK party came to power eight years ago, it's facing a serious contender.

Now it's merely the highest-profile contender in a burgeoning category of magazine-like applications.

Rafer does make this team run better offense than JL3. But still not good enough for Rox to become a title contender!

At Internazionale he saw the wonderful gifts of the young contender.

Peter is a contender for a gold medal in the Olympics.

Four enhancements in 11. 7 make Informix a real contender for larger warehouses and data vaults.

And China's huge current account surpluses could make the country a natural contender in international finance.

Grand Slam contender wasn't on the resume before this year, though, and her age, 29, makes her recent form even more surprising.

BYD, a Chinese maker of electric cars and batteries, is the latest contender.

Liston would "Wipe the floor" with the young contender .

Here are the potential trouble spots each contender has to guard against.

Pete: The latest locker talk is that our game plan is a real contender for the contract.

The other main contender is General Omar Suleiman, who has run the intelligence service since 1991.

What site will host those launches hasn't been determined, but the Kennedy complex is a leading contender.

He has even bought ownership of his old team, the Shanghai Sharks, a title-contender in China's local basketball league.

Koscielny - We're Man Utd's main challenger "It looks like we are the main contender, " said Koscielny.

the leading contender for the crown of Scotland.

Oscar contender 'The King's Speech' (Weinstein Co. ) continues to perform well, earning $8. 3 million to place fourth.

The team is a serious contender for the title this year.

Next in the presidential-contender list was Tom Vilsack.

But in that time Chinese car companies have been the surprise contender in their fast-growing domestic market.

His All Whites, the lowest-ranked of the 32 teams in the World Cup finals, are considered a weak contender.

That team advanced to the quarterfinals by defeating Italy, then the strongest contender, but lost to Portugal 5-3.

"You can never tell what will happen, " Baker says, when I tell him that he is a favourite contender .

This move makes them an instant title contender in the West.

His opinion matters, and not just because he is a likely Republican contender for the presidential race in 2012.

Why can't he choose another contender team says LA Lakers?

Our brief time in the new E-Class coupe showed us a new contender for a slot just above the Audi A5 and Infiniti G37.

In the end corner is a contender from outside the continental United States.

Well, I think in the movie, we already have that contender in Jennifer Hudson. -Well, there you go! -Yeah.

But it's a reasonable contender.

Today, it is viewed as a contender for global leadership in the future.

The ruling party's presidential contender is Park Geun-hye.

LinkWithin is the newest contender in this market.

The other American contender, David Oliver, advanced easily, winning the second heat in 13. 30 seconds.

But today, another important contender is entering that marketplace: The People's Republic of China.

A lot of work remains before XUpdate becomes a serious contender, and it really hasn't advanced in the past four years.

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