The senior competitor at 46, he said it was the taste or smell of American — not French — oak that allowed him to identify, with near exactitude, a 1953 Vega Sicilia.
In 2013, her first year as a senior competitor, the 4-foot 9-inch (1.45-metre) Biles won the all-around title at her first world gymnastics championships, becoming the first African American woman to claim the title.
To their credit, the American players seemed to make a special point of rallying around the youngster whereas a more senior competitor may have been left to fight her own battle.
So when Tony Blair decided to use the World Economic Forum in Davos to unveil his messianic agenda for 2005 and beyond, the British prime minister managed to provoke not only (as usual) his finance minister and main domestic rival, Gordon Brown, but also his senior competitor in continental Europe, Jacques Chirac, the president of France.
Welsh triathlete Non Stanford says she is determined 'not to fall by the wayside' in her first year as a senior competitor.
Brookdale Senior Living's competitors include Sunrise Senior Living, Colson & Colson/ Holiday Retirement, American Retirement, Professional Community Management Life Care Services and Atria Senior Living Group.
Lehman executives complain that they have been singled out by hedge fund investors that are short selling — or betting against — their stock, and Mr. Fuld has called senior executives at competitor banks demanding that their employees stop criticizing Lehman.
Egyptian intermediaries have tried to persuade Mr. Assad's emissary to Washington, Foreign Minister Farouk al-Shara, that he should not see the Palestinians as competitors, a senior Egyptian aide said.
Yet here is a billionaire businessman, with enemies ranging from competitors to senior citizens incensed that their steeply discounted vitamin pill boxes still haven't arrived, offering a path to contact him directly.
"They pick and choose their friends," the senior executive at the competitor said.
