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Everton have not lost any of their five previous European games against German opposition but manager Roberto Martinez expects Wolfsburg to offer stiff competition.

Still, tiny Magouliana, at 4,485 feet the highest village in Arcadia, and Lagkadia, with its stunning position on four hills -- each less than 30 minutes away by car -- offer stiff competition.

Nor is it a slam dunk for best musical at the Tony Awards ("Wicked" should offer stiff competition), which would ordinarily be a draw for what Mr. Landesman calls "a high-prestige endeavor" like this.

But while all of this is good news for consumer choice, they offer stiff competition for smaller designers who fall outside of — and have significant critiques of —the "fast fashion" world they still embody.

Post-patent, generics offer stiff competition and prices are marked down sharply.

Medicare, which pays low rates to providers, might actually offer stiffer competition to private plans than the current weak version of the public option in the Senate bill.

His rivals on the shortlist offered stiff competition: a former military ruler, a sitting state governor and a former national security adviser.

Although the black belt division offered stiff competition, MIT's Erica Y. Chan '07 took first place in women's black belt forms.

None of the shake-ups helped Jennings retake the nightly ratings crown, but World News Tonight still offered stiff competition at second place.

New handheld devices offer some stiff competition.

But if we look at some of the subtler aspects of animal behavior, the beasts begin to offer surprisingly stiff competition.