The two giants have spirited rivals, in the shape of MetroPCS, recently acquired by Deutsche Telekom's American mobile arm, and Sprint, likely to be bought soon by Softbank, of Japan, but these are much smaller than the big two.
Unfortunately, the companies Masco assembled had been spirited rivals, and they had no intention of working side by side.
"They've always been the high-spirited rival down the road," said Hugh Jessiman, a right wing for the Wolf Pack.
Perhaps he is too kind to his mean-spirited rival.
And yet, the noises seemed to fade into the background, overwhelmed by the beep of a pedestrian signal for people who cannot see well, the whistles of a man trying to hail a cab, a steel drum performance rising through a grate from a subway station and a spirited conversation between two rival sidewalk newspaper vendors about the industry's lagging sales.
Bristol Rovers had to settle for a point despite a spirited performance against local rivals Cheltenham Town.
Leinster saw off a spirited challenge from Irish interprovincial rivals Ulster to secure the Pro12 title after a fiercely contested final in Dublin.
GOFFSTOWN, N.H. — A relaxed and self-assured Mitt Romney sailed above the fray at a crucial debate on Saturday night as his Republican rivals engaged in a spirited fight to determine which of them would emerge as his most formidable opponent when the party's nominating contest moves past New Hampshire.
Tottenham began their Europa League campaign with a spirited goalless draw against Group C rivals and Serbian league leaders Partizan Belgrade.
They resisted, unlike many of their free-spirited rivals, most of whom were wiped out in the dot-com crash.
He is up against his same rival from then - BJP MP Smriti Irani who led a spirited campaign against him.
