The competition took on a new format in 2005 with further minor changes made since.

They must be mad to take on someone with her record.

"How could he be afraid to take on five of us with a thousand or so backing him up?"

He said his group takes on about 10,000 cases per year with a staff of eight or nine attorneys.

But for the moment, it seems he isn't the luxury most women want to take on a desert island with them.

Still feeling a bit unsure about taking on the world with kids in tow?

He could take on a couple of fresh hands with no trouble.

And some may be worried about taking on a player with his record.

He took on few assignments with the firm and was often too ill to leave his house.

So he has tried to take on this big, new country with a certain bravado.