The rivals, who originally fell out over common land-grazing rights in the 18th century, still fail to agree on revenue-sharing in the 21st.

But when rivals failed to go along, new wars erupted, draining profits.

The rivals failed to agree at a meeting on Tuesday who would run for president, raising the prospect they would both stand and split the anti-Government vote.

Although Kennedy had only competed in nine presidential primaries, Kennedy's rivals, Johnson and Symington, failed to campaign in any primaries.

But in practice, it gives the advantage to the Government-sponsored group because if the rivals fail to reach agreement, they must adopt the multicrypt system.

As firms compete, unsuccessful rivals fail to capture an appropriate market share, go bankrupt and have to exit.

In the election of 1945, his Liberals swept back into power while their main rivals, the Conservatives, failed to win a single seat.

But he would not be heartbroken if a potential rival failed while trying to bring in a collection of old bones.

Mr. Clinton's Republican rivals have so far failed to capture the public imagination.

Kaoru might bring her into the city, but was it possible that his rival would fail to seek her out there too?