They introduce new products and know-how and they give dissatisfied depositors somewhere else to take their custom, forcing local banks to raise their game.
Though the San Diego Padres came up one game shy of forcing a one-game playoff to earn a trip to the 2010 MLB postseason, the Padres management should feel pretty good about how efficient their ball club performed during the 2010 season.
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This off-campus building boom is forcing schools to up their game, though slashed budgets have left minimal funds to erect new residence halls.
Gary Waters caused a stir when a snowstorm prevented him from getting back from a Hall of Fame induction ceremony at his alma mater, forcing him to miss a game.
Games can be pretty complex in their features and strategic depth, yet game designers are not forcing children to first take classes in order to play the game.
It will degrade constantly, forcing you to organize your entire game around trips to repair benches.
With more properties in Asia springing up, competition has also increased among domestic brands, forcing hotels to step up their game.
The Rangers went on to win 4-3 in overtime, forcing the series back to Boston for a fifth game.
It was panic stations for the Briton and he responded by reverting to the scrambling skills that are the bedrock of his game, forcing the errors from Baghdatis to break back for 1-1 when the Cypriot failed to make a smash.
Critics said the target was only achieved by forcing NHS managers to play the numbers game.
Bans from the game followed, forcing him to qualify for the big tournaments after slipping down the rankings.
But they couldn't get the quick pace that favored them in Game 1, forcing themselves to beat Chicago's defense in the half court, and they couldn't do it.
Li survived a set point in the ninth game before holding, then broke Williams' serve in the next game on the way to forcing a tense tiebreak.
The Sabres tied it up 2-2 with 26 seconds to go in the third, forcing the game into overtime and then a shootout, where Buffalo right wing Drew Stafford netted the loan goal for the win.
In essence, American military predominance had become so extensive that it has altered the face of the battlefield by forcing others to adapt--to prevent America from playing the game but its rules.
But Tuck sacked him on third down on the Patriots' next possession, forcing a punt, and the game took on a similar feeling to that 17-14 Giants upset in Super Bowl XLII: the Giants weren't going away.
Here was a game intentionally walling off on-disc content and forcing consumers to buy additional toys to access it.
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That discomfort eventually grew into actual pain, forcing Team USA to scratch Wright from the lineup of Thursday's WBC game against the Dominican Republic.
In addition, the game allows players to fortify towns and strong points, forcing the enemy to either clear them out or try and go around their flanks - although the lack of cover leaves them vulnerable to air attack.
Seton Hall got what it wanted in the first half, forcing the Cardinals into a half-court game and limiting them pretty much to one shot a possession.
And while everyone has their point of view as to who is to blame for this, how is the blame game going to make anyone feel better when we end up forcing the country back into the Great Recession or worse?
The second set was an even quicker affair, Federer forcing Becker into a wild forehand to break the German's serve again in the third game of the second set.
Throughout the Middle Ages, from the barons forcing King John to sign the Magna Carta, to the Wars of the Roses, rebellion was a game played almost exclusively by the rich and powerful.
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