The first years of the republic were marked by a continuing contest between Yuan and the former revolutionaries over where ultimate power should lie.
Mr. Richardson a supporter of Senator Barack Obama, said the continuing contest between the Democratic candidates was becoming harmful to the party.
In a reflection of these difficult times, aides to the contenders said they were planning their campaigns with the assumption that another terrorist attack could happen at any moment and discreetly trying to assess what that might mean for a continuing contest.
But the continuing contest between Ms. Godoff and Mr. Mehta is evidence that the many publishers remain very independent, and as motivated as ever to out-do one another, partly because their compensation is tied only to their own house's results.
I see the continuing contest with a certain mix of dread and anticipatory Marquis de Sade delight.
**Armstrong stripped of title in 2012 after having declined to continue contesting ongoing charges of illegal drug use.
Facebook has apparently agreed to comply with the Belgian court's order not to continue tracking non-users, while it continues contesting the ruling.
The alliance continued to contest elections into the 1980s, although Mapam did not give up its autonomy or ideological program.
But the battle for the White House was not over yet as Vice President Al Gore continued to contest the election.
Barclays disclosed the information on Monday in its prospectus for its coming £5.8 billion rights issue and said it continued to contest the regulator's findings.
She has continued to contest her conviction and says she will leave prison with a "heavy heart" because she wished to be be released as an innocent person.
