Lastly, it has been shown that captivity or provisioning influence the rates, distribution, and intensity of contests through alteration of space available and/or food distribution [Asquith, 1989; Judge, 2000; Southwick et al., 1976; Wrangham, 1974].
Showing the intensity of the contest, officials predicted a record turnout among Democratic voters in Texas.
The intensity of the contest lifted another notch in the third with neither side able to break the game open.
A 12th-minute bust-up involving several players from both sides reflected the intensity of the contest and the physicality levels on both sides were colossal throughout.
The exchange over health care illustrated the intensity of a contest that polls show is deadlocked with three weeks to go.
At its best, the strategic complexity and emotional intensity of a contest staged over five days lends itself to legend and lyricism.
The one certainty in all of this is that politics remains a struggle for power, and if anything, the unstable balance between the two parties will increase the intensity of that contest.
Leeds, who are another of those unbeaten teams, may have dropped their first point of the season at Huddersfield last Friday night, but the quality and intensity of the contest confirmed both as live contenders, however scratchy the Giants may have been in their previous couple of games.
While the personal and ideological intensity of this contest on both the G.O.P. and the Democratic sides may be dispiriting to some voters, we see the competitiveness and the discussion of pressing national issues such as health care and gun control as positives.
Whoever Jackie McNamara's side face, the occasion is likely to lack the relentless intensity of this contest.
