Yesterday, Mr. Bloomberg's rival for the Republican nomination, Herman Badillo, asked Mr. Bloomberg "to schedule a series of debates, preferably two per week."

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But in its lawsuit against Dynegy, Enron said that its smaller rival had no right to cancel the merger and asked the court to block Dynegy from taking control of the pipeline.

They protested against the odd system of tier qualification, which made their rivals, Palmeiras and Guarani, enter only in the final phase (due to their being previous-year finalists) and also asked for the same privileges.

His Republican rival in November, Phil Batt, a former legislator and party chairman, asked people in a recent poll how they felt about the possibility of Idaho's electing the nation's first Indian governor.

As noted, Auriemma's job was once so prosaic his rival last night asked if he would work for her.

That is a question Microsoft's rivals, the Justice Department and many others are asking these days.

And Mr. Israel's onetime rival, Norman Seabrook, who defeated him to become president of the association, is asking for explanations.

British Airways and its smaller rival, British Caledonian, asked the Government to approve the merger plan they announced last week.

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