| The current frenzy seems more like political one-upmanship among governments than sound policy. |
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| In the end, the nation suffers on the scaffold of political games and one-upmanship. |
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| In an age of parental one-upmanship, when each party has to be bigger and better than the last, arranged parties are becoming the done thing. |
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| It is a biting comment on the more consequential games of political one-upmanship played by these two nuclear states. |
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| She's the one woman who can beat him at his own game of sexual one-upmanship. |
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| It would have been a simple matter to pilfer their tawdry Christmas illuminations in order to gain one-upmanship this year. |
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| For all the intricacies of the spat, it smacks of political one-upmanship, petty power play and a healthy dose of ego juice. |
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| It is pathetic though to see the TN government indulge in one-upmanship with political rivals over the elimination of Veerappan. |
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| It seems they only care about playing political one-upmanship at our expense. |
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| While Stammberger's creativity was fabulous, mixed with his aesthetic and playful spirit was no small amount of self promotion and one-upmanship. |
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| It is about selling television rights, team sponsorship and looking for one-upmanship in contracts. |
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| Who knows, we may have someone whose interests lie not in party political bickering, nor one-upmanship, not wrong-footing the other party, but in Bedford. |
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| But his braggadocio is two parts lyrical one-upmanship, one part side-eye commentary on braggadocio. |
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| The House could descend into one-upmanship and chaos if this type of behaviour is tolerated unabated. |
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| We ask each Member State to refrain from any one-upmanship and to act responsibly. |
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| Only the few scenes of parental one-upmanship have any comic spark. |
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| There is therefore no longer any call for one-upmanship or philosophical discussion, but rather for pragmatism and frankness. |
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| People expect, even demand, innovation not in hi-tech one-upmanship, but in real functional and aesthetic benefits. |
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| The question must be asked as to whether the one-upmanship within the European institutions is not misplaced. |
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| There is no room for theatrics or one-upmanship given the nature and the magnitude of the problem. |
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| We have a minister who is playing one-upmanship games with another minister in the cabinet. |
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| The biggest advantage for retailers and food service customers is that it prevents a never-ending battle of marketing one-upmanship. |
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| The vanity, selfishness and one-upmanship that typified governmental culture in the eighties was exemplified by the narcissism implicit in the leisure complex. |
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| While many may find the author's above comments relevant to the issue at hand, branding products as a method of securing their computer strikes me as one-upmanship. |
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| Roughhousing between father and son conjures playtime stretching way back into childhood, but also psychological combat and one-upmanship. |
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| They probably all drive People Carriers and conversation is solely about one-upmanship, acquisitive materialism and diets. |
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| You couldn't help but look forward with anticipation to the many quality, innovative ads in the annual contest of one-upmanship among advertisers. |
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| However, the political-battle of one-upmanship did not end here. |
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| Each time a council meeting is cancelled or postponed because of political manoeuvring and one-upmanship, the real business of the municipality suffers. |
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| There's a one-upmanship thing going on that is quite extraordinary. |
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| After the spangles and financial one-upmanship of 1985 through 1995, since 2005, there has been a desire to return to the passion of sports, and especially to the passion of risks. |
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| Escalation and one-upmanship, identified as typifying the dynamic of urban violence, are what drives these acts of vandalism. |
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| A virile game of testosterone-fuelled one-upmanship, this explosive display of virtuosity and wit launches the men into an exhilarating whirlwind of movement and musicality. |
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| However, this petty political one-upmanship is damaging to the country. |
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| However, the second reading of a text, referred under the codecision procedure, is all too often an opportunity to enter into a game of one-upmanship against the Council. |
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| Too often we focus on one-upmanship and demonization of those whose points of view are different from our own. |
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| Exhausting games of one-upmanship with the office alpha male? |
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| A game of one-upmanship between Fletcher and his pupil begins and quickly spirals out of control. |
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| We play the kind of couple who are always into a wee bit of one-upmanship and that comes out as the night develops. |
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| Given the magnitude of this matter, I am hoping that by avoiding partisan accusations parliamentarians will actually debate the substance of this motion and not be distracted by one-upmanship in order to make a point. |
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| The unified response that was necessary and commendable during the darkest days of the crisis now risks being replaced by regulatory and legislative one-upmanship, as various governments pursue local agendas. |
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| The rapporteur has, however, has started on the path of one-upmanship, and, in supporting 47 amendments, he was taking the risk of causing a delay in the entry into force of the best terms of this text. |
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| Now that the AIADMK chief has crossed that line of restrainment, it has to be seen how Modi will react to Jayalalithaa's one-upmanship. |
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| It marked an unusually shift in emphasis away from simple spec-based one-upmanship and towards genuinely useful and innovative features such as always-on voice recognition. |
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| What they all have in common is they suffer greed and one-upmanship. |
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| From the glorious one-upmanship of the first Sputnik flight on October 4th 1957, until the mid-1960s, the Soviet Union was always the pacesetter and America the seething second-best. |
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| We want to help send a message to the folk on the hill that there are much, much more important issues here than their political squabbling and one-upmanship. |
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| The cracklingly funny dialogue summons up the feel of a raunchy gossip session that includes an uncomfortable, almost violent game of one-upmanship. |
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