Despite having a total that his competitors cannot reach in Final Jeopardy!, Cliff risks all of his winnings on the final clue, which is revealed to be "Archibald Leach, Bernard Schwartz and Lucille LeSueur"; Cliff's response, "Who are three people who've never been in my kitchen?", is deemed incorrect, and he leaves with no money.
Flutie, 38, is one of the few quarterbacks in recent N.F.L. history to lose his job despite winning more games than his competitor, in this case, Rob Johnson.
Arriving here as a world silver medallist in the all-around, and despite his reputation as an unflappable competitor, his scores have failed to live up to his usual exacting standards.
Despite such competitors as Microsoft and Cisco, the Israeli plans to turn his firewall software into a consumer application over the next five years (see A Fortune In Firewalls).
Channel 4 said that despite "outperforming competitors in recent years" its economic model was being "continuously undermined by increased competition and a structural shift in advertising revenues from TV to online".
Its chief executive, Gary C. Kelly, said this week that the airline, which has remained profitable despite its competitors' troubles, could afford its labor contracts and employee benefits as long as costs remained low and productivity high.
Representatives of the cellular phone companies are loath to admit that they have reception problems, despite their competitors' aggressive marketing campaigns, dominated by phrases like "Can you hear me now?" and "How many bars do you have?" If pressed, however, they admit to having some problems with reception, though these issues vary a great deal depending on the provider.
Despite formidable competitors such as Yahoo!, Time Warner 's AOL, Microsoft –even Ask Jeeves –newbies are going after niches like blogging, local search, enterprise and desktop search, news feeds and graphics.
Article updated to clarify how WhoCanFixMyCar and ClickMechanic operated very different models, despite being competitors on the consumer-facing side.
Still, the fact is that Compaq is the solid leader in sales of both consumer PCs and enterprise servers and will likely remain as such for the foreseeable future despite its competitors' impressive growth rates.
