In any event, consumers stand to win when businesses compete for their loyalty.
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Needing to win at Trent Bridge in their final group game to guarantee qualification, Dominic Cork's 4-18 helped blow Notts away for just 145 before Michael Lumb and Jimmy Adams shared an unbroken opening stand to lead Hampshire to a 10-wicket win and a guaranteed home quarter-final.
Congress's decision to stand alone in Bihar, where it looked set to win only two out of 40 seats, was less fruitful though given the collapse of its erstwhile ally there, the Rashtriya Janata Dal party, from 22 seats in 2004 to perhaps three, it may not have been costly.
Michael Ballack put Chelsea ahead at Stamford Bridge in a game they had to win to stand any realistic chance of winning the title.
Yorkshire, needing to win to stand any chance of the title, lost Jacques Rudolph early on in their second innings as they closed on 51-1.
Williams' reward was to become the first Welshman to win the prestigious IRB Player of the Year trophy to stand alongside fellow great winners Dan Carter, Richie McCaw, Jonny Wilkinson and Habana.
Yet, as things now stand, neither is in a position to win a clear victory.
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"Like I told both of them, they're both going to have ample opportunity to win the job outright, but, obviously as we stand here today, that's going to have to play itself out during the season, " Porter said.
But Mr Livingstone's call for Mr Dobson to stand down was backed by Newport West MP Paul Flynn, who said Mr Dobson had failed to win a "genuine victory" in the nomination contest.
World champion Dott must now win his last group match to stand any chance of qualifying.
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According to Mr Phillips, Mr Farage recently invited himself round to tea to ask him to stand down, rather than let Mr Bercow win against a split vote.
"I'm not a clay court specialist that's going to stand 10 feet behind the baseline and retrieve balls back, " said Sharapova, who needs a win in Paris to complete a career grand slam.
The visitors, for their part, recorded their second win and stand an excellent chance of progressing to the quarter-finals.
So we certainly stand ready to work with what -- whatever and whomever win the election based on the review by the ECC, and the IEC, and others.
These events, and an unwillingness to stand for any elected office that he might actually win, have, says Mr Page, reinforced Mr Jackson's image as a political gadfly.
Thatcher failed to win outright and was persuaded by friends to stand down.
Trailing by 206 runs after the first innings, Michael Hussey and Peter Siddle's stand of 123 helped Australia set Pakistan a target of 176 to win.
Gambia need to win their last game against Colombia on Saturday to stand any chance of advancing to the next round.
Wales led 9-6 at half time on an occasion made memorable by a post-haka stand-off, but the visitors hit back after the break to win 29-9.
And I believe that we can win Virginia on Tuesday if you're ready to stand for change.
Senator BARACK OBAMA (Democrat, Illinois, Presidential Candidate): We won in Louisiana, we won in Nebraska, we won in Washington State, we won north, we won south, we won in between, and I believe that we can win Virginia on Tuesday if you're ready to stand for change.
The goal was to win and he was not going to let the judicial system stand in his way.
Stand-in skipper Mahela Jayawardene was impressed by Sri Lanka's ability to win without several key players, including Marvan Atapattu and Chaminda Vaas.
And the chief target of its ire, President Lee Teng-hui, continues for the moment to stand tough because, say his aides, such a stance would help win votes.
Nottingham must now win away at the Exeter Chiefs next weekend in order to stand any chance of progressing to the semi-final stage of the Championship play-offs, and Delaney recognises that most people will now write his side's hopes off.
For the left to win, one or other left-wing candidate would have to stand down ahead of the run-off.
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Hamilton must win the race and hope Alonso finishes out of the points to stand any chance of the title.
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