The growth of the Internet has sharpened the contest: since more and more consumer spending is expected to shift to goods and services that are marketed on the Internet, ownership of the last mile seems an increasingly valuable asset.
Sharpening the diplomatic contest, the French Foreign Minister, Alain Juppé, told a radio station before flying to New York that events in Syria were a "veritable scandal" and that President Assad had "blood on his hands".
UNITED NATIONS — Iran, sharpening its image contest with Israel amid the standoff over Iran's nuclear program, has resurrected questions about the fate of four of its citizens who disappeared in Beirut in 1982 while Israeli forces occupied the city.
PAGE A10 QUESTIONS ON IRAN'S MISSING Iran, sharpening its image contest with Israel amid the standoff over Iran's nuclear program, has resurrected questions about the fate of four of its citizens who disappeared in Beirut in 1982 while Israeli forces occupied the city.
On the other hand, this week Mr Obama won in more states and may have secured one or two more delegates as well, so he can make a strong claim to have superior momentum.The fight will be long and mucky, but the Democrats may yet emerge sharpened by the contest.
The tough contest has sharpened Obama's already formidable skills and those of his top advisers as well.
Hopfield says such contests sharpen neuroscientists' ability to analyze experimental data.
Mr. Kerry now faces at least a couple of more weeks of the kind of contest that has helped sharpen his skills on the stump.
Snorts of derision over your rye-bread, no doubt, as job creation stalls, unemployment rolls rise and political parties sharpen their claws (and clauses) for contest.
As the Republican presidential contest moves south, his rivals are sharpening their attacks and hoping to win over tea partyers and religious conservatives who feel uncomfortable with the front-runner.
