While weapons cost overruns have long been a problem, the F-35 is also running into the changing budget realities, and a new focus on rivalry with China, that will probably require shifting money to a broader mix of planes.
Ever since its rediscovery, the stone has been the focus of nationalist rivalries, including its transfer from French to British possession during the Napoleonic Wars, a long-running dispute over the relative value of Young and Champollion's contributions to the decipherment, and since 2003, demands for the stone's return to Egypt.
While the focus of the crossriver rivalry was on the action on the court, the proximity to Chew's Manhattan office has been important, too.
This account of Armstrong's record sixth Tour de France victory focuses on rivalries, scandals and great moments from the Tour's history.
The 2010 Bruce-Mahoney Trophy, focus of the 117-year rivalry between Sacred Heart Cathedral Preparatory and St. Ignatius College Preparatory in San Francisco was won by St. Ignatius in the final baseball game.
But the self-ruled territory within the Kingdom of Denmark may be moving toward political independence, leaving an intriguing picture, where an underdeveloped region is suddenly the focus of a great-power rivalry, as was Central Asia when Russia, China and Great Britain sparred there during the 19th and early 20th centuries.
"All three measures place England, Scotland and Wales in that order, and these gaps will no doubt be the focus of intense political attention and rivalry".
Early works on rivalry dynamics (for a review, see [14]) usually focus on the alternating perception during sustained presentation of rivalry stimuli (Figure 1A).
--Plans, intentions, key focus and rivalries of senior PA security force officials, including the General Intelligence Organization (Mukhabarat), the Preventive Security Organization (PSO), Military Intelligence (Istikhbarat), the National Security Force (NSF), and the Civil Police, as well as HAMAS's Security Support Force in the Gaza strip.
