"Before the earthquake, concerns lingered about price competition, but we can pretty much rule that out now," said Yoon Pil-joong, an analyst at Samsung Securities.
It is impossible to overstate the impact of Mr. Cliburn's victory at the Tchaikovsky competition and its lingering effects today.
Kellogg, the cereal maker, said Tuesday that a drop in cereal sales, intense competition and the lingering effect of some of the largest food recalls in the company's history have made 2010 a difficult and disappointing year.
It is legal out of competition, so finding a lingering metabolite of it would not necessarily indicate that he had taken it illegally during competition.
"He never came to me and said, 'Look, I'm thinking of starting my own agency.' " Six months later, hurt feelings not only linger, but competition between the scrappy upstart and the former mentor has intensified.
The lingering impact of the recession and competition on the Web continued to erode ad sales in the fourth quarter.
But lingering taboos over tuition fees, private finance, or competition—have inhibited the timid and frustrated the bold.
Yet a new competition with Rick Santorum and a lingering feud with Newt Gingrich will consume the attention of Mr. Romney, forcing him to guard his right flank rather than turn his attention to President Obama.
The new system, called Phoenix Nest, could give a boost to the company's quality competition with Google and repair its lingering sores from the quackery scandal.
Scepticism about competition has deep roots, ranging from a lingering influence of Marxism to a fear of American capitalism trampling the French way of life.
