However, there do clearly seem to have been some differences in temperament and approach between Arcesilaus and Pyrrho; and this may be a case (of a kind common in intellectual history) where broad common ground led to especially intense rivalry over differences that, from an outsider's perspective, might have seemed insignificant.
The Matildas squad is heavily based on players from Brisbane Roar, which has an intense rivalry with Sydney FC.
Andy Irons, a three-time world surfing champion from Hawaii whose progressive wave riding and intense rivalry with Kelly Slater invigorated the sport's competitive scene, died Tuesday in a Dallas hotel room while traveling home to Kauai.
New York provincial politics were riven by intense rivalry between two great family-based factions, the DeLanceys, who benefited from royal government connections, and their rivals, the Livingstons.
National Championships, finances, stadium size and NFL draftings aside, he opted to weigh up the title from a different perspective: is there a more intense rivalry between two colleges?
He has been in the vortex of this ageless and intense rivalry since Feb. 16, the day the Yankees swooped in and acquired him from the Texas Rangers.
The intense rivalry between the two companies was heightened last winter when Boston Scientific lured Guidant away from a proposed merger with Johnson & Johnson in a bidding war that ended with Boston Scientific paying $27 billion for Guidant.
In his very candid autobiography published in 2007, McConville made reference to verbals he said he received from a couple of his opponents during the period of intense rivalry between Armagh and Tyrone in the early part of the last decade.
The intense rivalry between British Airways and Virgin Atlantic culminated in the former being sued for libel in 1993, arising from claims and counter claims over a "dirty tricks" campaign against Virgin.
Those two English clubs have an intense rivalry in North London, a battle that Henry, a French striker, joined in 1999 when he transferred to Arsenal from Juventus.
His intense rivalry with Raymond Poulidor "the Eternal Second" divided France.
