Word: oneupmanship
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Everyone played the game of oneupmanship. Connally dispatched a yellow rose of Texas to each delegate's room...
Besides, the cross-country skier does not have to contend with the oneupmanship in skiing ability and ski attire often prevalent at downhill resorts. "The guy who skis downhill is in a controlled atmosphere," notes Bob Wilcox of Eastern Mountain Sports Inc. in Boston. "He's onstage, he spends money on clothes, he's into a relatively short period of high energy. The cross-country skier is just the opposite. He's relaxed, he sets his own pace. Skiing cross-country is the winter counterpart to jogging." Increasingly, though, cars heading into the mountains carry both downhill...
...each impersonation into a polished comic nugget; she swings effortlessly in and out of her various roles. Her scenes as Miriam are just as funny: in the film's best bit, Down turns the act of shaving Connery's neck into a delicate game of lovers' oneupmanship. Yet this actress is not merely another talented comedienne: she also has the voluptuous figure and classic features of an oldtime movie star. When she strips down to black silk undies and slithers under the sheets with Connery, the audience gets a dizzying whiff of pure sex worthy of Loren...
...Kennedy Round of international trade talks in Geneva. There he proved to be a tough negotiator, showing qualities that still linger. Says a Treasury aide: "I've never seen a guy who can get you on the defensive so easily. He's the master of oneupmanship. He always gets the other guy off balance...
Through beautiful fabrics, fine workmanship, showmanship and oneupmanship, the grande dame of Paris fashion survived yet another season. As Pierre Cardin put it, "We needed to insert a little oxygen into haute couture. " Next time around they may need plasma...