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Starting 2015, the X6 will have a very powerful rival in the next MLC.

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Such programming can be more profitable, but it also puts Spotify more in competition with YouTube and Apple, two powerful rivals.

Sainsbury's, Britain's second largest supermarket, and Walmart, the world's biggest retailer, are in advanced talks about a tie - up that would create a more powerful rival to UK market leader Tesco.

Although Netflix was an early pioneer in online movie streaming, the company faces increasing competition, from powerful incumbent players, content companies and Internet rivals like Comcast, Verizon, Blockbuster / Dish Network, HBO and Amazon.

Liberalism remains extraordinarily powerful because this threefold dream is attractive, so much so that a great deal of what's called conservatism in America is really just a rival form of liberalism.

As such it may be a powerful force in combination, alliance, or opposition to one of the great rival civil religions seeking dominance in the state.

Tennessee was a powerful rival, until it lost in the Rose Bowl to Southern Cal, and Georgia Tech, Cornell and Princeton were surprise powers.

Once again yesterday the powerful and dynamic player stepped up for the Gunners and produced a moment of magic that was enough to secure a third pre-season trophy and, more importantly, remove whatever mental blockage their might be in the Arsenal squad about facing our Premier League rivals Chelsea.

He urged Andre to open his stances and snap his wrist, creating the whiplike torque that makes his forehand the rival of Sampras's serve as the truest, most powerful blow in the game.

Alone in the murky dawn, California's powerful Ruken, the first Kentucky Derby contender on the scene, works out at Churchill Downs while his chief rivals prep in New York, San Francisco and at Keeneland

Yet the working - class Khan managed to win out against a Conservative rival with family pedigree, wealth and friends in powerful political, media and business circles.

It's nearly impossible to decipher the speaker's motivations, but he's the closest thing Mr. de Blasio has to a powerful friend in Albany — even though he's much closer to the mayor's main rival at home, Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr..

Around the table sat Mr. Cuomo; the leaders of New York's most powerful labor unions; Joseph Crowley, the top - ranked New York Democrat in the House of Representatives; and the two rival Democratic leaders of the State Senate — Andrea Stewart - Cousins, who leads the main group of Democrats, and Jeffrey D. Klein, who leads the breakaway group — among others.

This evening's move also functions as a power - play against Ms. Mark - Viverito's remaining rival, East Side Councilman Dan Garodnick, who is seeking to solidify the support of the county organizations in his own bid for the city's second - most - powerful post.

LAS VEGAS — Hillary Clinton held off a powerful late challenge from rival Sen. Bernie Sanders in Nevada's Democratic caucus vote Saturday, securing a narrow victory that helps the former secretary of state regain momentum after a crushing defeat in New Hampshire.

«Ms. Quinn, the City Council speaker, offers the judgment and record of achievement anyone should want in a mayor,» the newspaper editorial board said, adding that while rivals Bill de Blasio and Bill Thompson both have «powerful arguments» in favor of their records, «Ms. Quinn inspires the most confidence that she would be the right mayor for the inevitable times when hope and idealism collide with the challenge of getting something done.»

But in principle, the simulated brain will continue to get more and more powerful as it attempts to rival the one in its creator's head.

That rivals the size of the asteroid, estimated to be as small as 30 metres, that slammed into Tunguska, Siberia in 1908, creating a powerful blast that levelled 2000 square kilometres of forest.

Its collisions will generate seven times the energy of its most powerful rival, the Tevatron at Fermilab in Batavia, Illinois.

Named V838 Monocerotis, it was more luminous than normal novae — at peak brightness, it briefly rivaled the most powerful stars in the Galaxy.

Quercetin actually has a rival for most powerful flavonoid, and that is Curcumin, the active ingredient in Tumeric, which is a main ingredient in curry powder.

It contains not only more than 8 x its nearest rival, wheat grass, but it contains more calcium, iron, Superoxide Dismutase (an extremely powerful antioxidant found in sprouted leaves, vitamin e and a whole host of other nutrients.

The powerful music lineup for Northern Invasion 2017 is as follows: Soundgarden, Kid Rock, Godsmack, The Offspring, Bush, Papa Roach, Alter Bridge, The Pretty Reckless, Amon Amarth, Opeth, In Flames, Gojira, Pierce The Veil, Sum 41, The Struts, Motionless In White, The Dillinger Escape Plan, The Story So Far, Nothing More, Fozzy, Every Time I Die, Rival Sons, Attila, Starset, I Prevail, Dinosaur Pile - Up, Volumes, Bad Omens, As Lions, Radkey, Dorothy, Sylar, Wage War, Bleeker, Goodbye June, Badflower, The Charm The Fury, Frank Carter & The Rattlesnakes, Citizen Zero, and more.

What makes this particular finale work is the fact that Mary must look inward to defeat her more powerful rivals, relying on bravery and a firm belief in herself, rather than magic — all of which is a far cry from the shy, two - left - footed young lady we met at the outset.

The developer needs powerful hardware to make Red Dead Redemption 2 a proper next - gen open world game, something that would rival just with CD Projekt RED's The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt in terms of storytelling and technology, no one else should be able to do that — at least this is Rockstar Games» vision, and it's a vision we truly respect at this moment.

FOX wooing Brolin to also portray Cable means the actor portraying the rival studio's most powerful super villain also appears as an anti-hero in their own superhero flick just a couple of weeks later.

If she's introduced as Shuri in The Black Panther, Nyong» o could be a powerful presence on screen, rival T'Challa as both a political candidate and skilled combatant, and act out the most shocking moment in Black Panther's history, which occurs during the war with Thanos.

This film does have more of a kid empowerment slant, with Carmen and Juni's spy parents Gregorio (Antonio Banderas) and Ingrid (Carla Gugino) taking a back seat to the kids» conflict with rival agents Gary (Matt O'Leary) and Gerti (Emily Osment, the spitting image in face and voice of her Oscar - nominated older brother) Giggles over the recovery of a powerful device.

In effect, the FBI fought Whitey's battles for him against his Italian rivals, while he grew more powerful and ran roughshod over the city.

There's a scene in The Twilight Samurai more powerful than its commensurate moment in Unforgiven that emphasizes this point as unassuming hero Seibei (Hiroyuki Sanada), without comment, steps over the flyblown corpse of a rival assassin in silent pursuit of his own quarry.

It wasn't perfect by a long shot, but it had bags of character and rewarded its driver in a way few of today's more efficient, powerful, quicker and superior rivals can.

A key rival that's currently hogging the hot hatch limelight is the Honda Civic Type R. Though its substantially more powerful - it's turbocharged 2 - litre engine produces 306bhp and 295 lb ft of torque - and far more striking in its design, the Mégane still edges it for dynamic adjustability.

However, Audi Sport's RS range has always been smaller and pricier than its rivals from Affalterbach and Munich, in part because they have generally been more powerful than their competitors, but mostly because Neckarsulm only ever produced one limited - run model at a time.

• Targeted best - in - segment 38 mpg highway fuel economy * (2.5 - liter engine) • Premium exterior styling with a powerful presence and improved aerodynamics • Upscale interior rivaling premium luxury sedans, including NASA - inspired «zero - gravity» seats, an Advanced Drive - Assist ™ Display and BOSE ® Premium Audio System • An outstanding balance of ride comfort, stability and fun - to - drive demeanor, including projected best - level acceleration • Standard Bluetooth ® Hands - Free Phone System and Streaming Audio via Bluetooth ® • NissanConnectSM and NissanConnectSM Navigation integrated smartphone connectivity suite with hands - free text message integration, Pandora ® playback, real - time Google ® POI search and more • Next - generation Safety Shield Technologies, including Blind Spot Warning (BSW), Lane Departure Warning (LDW) and Moving Object Detection (MOD) systems • Tire Pressure Monitoring System (TPMS) with Easy Fill Tire Alert

Although the 500 has a five - speed gearbox, rather than the six - speed found in many rivals, the powerful engine means this doesn't hamper performance too much.

The engines are not powerful enough to deliver exciting acceleration, and the Outlander Sport isn't as sharp as other rivals in corners.

The 1.4 - litre turbo petrol is a smooth and powerful engine that rivals the diesel for economy and is definitely worth a test drive, even if it's the entry - level engine in the Q3 range.

Progress is lively, if not quite as effortless as in the most powerful versions of some rivals but, surprisingly, there's more noise and vibration in the cab than with the single turbo dCi 115 model.

The BMW 1 Series, for example, has fulfilled this role for almost 10 years now, its standout position among its rivals rooted most prominently in its rear - wheel - drive concept (still a unique proposition in this class), powerful engines with BMW TwinPower Turbo technology and a compelling premium character.

Hyundai gives Kona buyers the choice of the 2.0 L naturally aspirated motor or the turbocharged 1.6 L engine, meaning that in its more powerful trim, it comes in at the top of the performance game when compared to its rivals.

The V6 certainly sounds better and is more powerful, but it's still not as potent or enjoyable as the V6s and optional turbocharged four - cylinder engines found in rival models.

The powerful 4x4 models are priced to match bigger rivals like the Mazda CX - 5 and Ford Kuga and are seriously capable off - road, yet prices for this 1.2 TSI start at just # 16,600 — which puts it in the same territory as the smaller Nissan Juke.

There's a 101mph top speed compared to 94mph in the entry - level 75bhp model and 0 - 62mph takes 14.5 s instead of a laborious 17.6 s. Most rivals offer a more powerful engine with around 120bhp at the top of the range so high mileage operators ad private buyers might be put off.

Between quiet and clean burning ultra-low sulfur diesel fuels and more sophisticated turbochargers, diesel powered automobiles now rival hybrid powered vehicles in fuel economy and diesel is typically more powerful and durable.

That makes it more powerful than the four - cylinder engines used in its arch rivals, the Honda Accord and Toyota Camry, but no one is going to accuse it of being as refined.

Both the eight - speed automatic and six - speed automatic (the latter being exclusively available on the most powerful engine option) can swap cogs cleanly and smoothly, if perhaps without the outright speed of comparable transmissions in rival cars.

We look forward to a proper tow test in Australia but would be confident the 550Nm Amarok is a genuine 3000 kg tow tug — unlike some of its less powerful rivals.

After Sam discovers that he is a necromancer, he must learn to control his abilities in order to defeat a powerful and corrupt rival and save his friends.

Sasha Goodwin's father is the ruler of the world; a powerful wizard locked in a never - ending battle with his arch-enemy Soren, until a messenger brings news that will finally seal his rival's fate.

For some, getting their hands on a powerful tablet to then hack wide open and fill with unofficial Android goodness is part of the fun: despite the size and the power on offer, the ViewPad 10s is still cheaper than the likes of the Samsung Galaxy Tab or the forthcoming HTC Flyer, but as we've already mentioned, there are some even cheaper rivals out there, including the reasonable offerings in the Creative ZiiO range.