Managed competition, as designed by Alain Enthoven of Stanford University, artfully combines competition and regulation.

To thwart Mr. Gorbachev's aims, we need a new "comprehensive policy that combines deterrence, competition, and negotiation."

It combines keen competition with equal performance and leaves the decision about winning or losing to the drivers and co-drivers capabilities.

Dr. Shalala said Mr. Clinton's health-care plan would combine competition and regulation in a strategy known as managed competition.

To the Editor: Beer pong combines drinking, competition, teamwork, friendship and barrels of laughter; it takes place in your own backyard or basement and costs almost nothing.

The plan artfully combines regulation and competition.

"We want to combine competition with a sense of community responsibility."

Ancient festivals combined athletic competition with artistic and religious splendor.

The Dutch have a system that combines competition among private insurance companies with government control of the cost of services and insurance.

They are the only academy in the world that combines training, academics, and competition.