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Blow up your browser! The Next Big Thing is the AfterWeb. Facebook made a monumental announcement Monday that seemed as though it was designed to one-up its supposed rival Twitter. But in fact, the real news is that Facebook, like so many others these days, is morphing away from a website, to something far more evolved...
...their highly decorated careers. O’Callaghan will try to improve on her third place finish in the 800 meter run at Heps last year. Christenson—who has already made her way to the top of the Harvard record books—will look to one-up herself for the third time this season in the high jump. Her current personal best of 1.91 meters is second all-time in program history...
...critics, the plan smacks of oil-fueled excess, an attempt to one-up rivals on the mad dash across the Arabian Peninsula to build the tallest, biggest, glitziest structures. Their coffers bulging with surpluses, many Persian Gulf states are turning their desert into one giant construction site. There's the City of Silk project in Kuwait, Dubailand in Dubai and any number of ports, airports, universities and giant residential and industrial complexes abuilding in Qatar, Abu Dhabi, Bahrain and elsewhere. KAEC "is not a vanity project, but there is definitely a statement being made," says a Riyadh businessman who asked...
...refuse to tell its loyal fans where to show up. “Nick and Norah’s Infinite Playlist” is clearly aiming to tap into some kind of indie-music zeitgeist. The two main characters have one particularly nauseating conversation where they attempt to one-up each other’s love for Where’s Fluffy—as if them both being among the first people to get hold of one of the group’s albums makes them soulmates. This and other scenes reveal what they—and their movie?...
...adds. “I mean, we’re competing with everybody, but kind of competing with [Desmond], just being able to talk trash with my brother...gives that extra push.” For both defensive ends, their sibling rivalry runs deep and pushes them to constantly one-up each other. “One thing is, in the weight room, he and I are two of the strongest benchers on the team, so when it comes to chest day, if he gets three reps, I just absolutely have to get four reps,” Desmond jokes...