Their match pitted strength against strength.
Gillette, the world's leading maker of razors, plans to pit the strength of its consumers' loyalty against the potency of the country's economic downturn.
It is about an artist pitting his strength against that of America at its most assured and corporate.
If he had pitted his strength – his serve and forehand – against Robredo's backhand in a consistent manner, he would have beaten the Spaniard for the 11th straight time.
Perhaps inspired by a putative trip to the Grand Banks of Newfoundland, Canada, with a fishing fleet, he painted heroic men pitting their strength, intelligence, and experience against the mighty sea.
But, unlike other corporate workforce reductions that have struck a chord of concern, Disney can pit its strengths against its weaknesses, pulling off an upside surprise, says Edward Hatch, entertainment analyst at SG Cowen.
Since November of last year, six boats have been racing around the world in a 39,000 nautical-mile competition that pits physical strength against mental will -- accurately dubbed "the Everest of sailing".
The bull taming event is held in the villages surrounding Madurai, and people from the neighbouring villages throng to the open grounds to watch man and bull pitting their strength against each other.
One other caveat: men injure themselves more than women, largely, I believe, because they pit their greater strength against their lesser flexibility and end up hurting themselves.
"Anyway," he will add, in a final desperate defense of his pacific nature, "why should I pit my puny strength against the great Power that runs the universe?" Ellington wears a gold cross beneath his flamboyant plaids and bold checks, reads the Bible every day, along with Winchell and the comics, and has been known to say, "I'd be afraid to sit in a house with people who don't believe.
