Word: upmanship
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...constantly shifting game of one-upmanship, it was the insurgents who notched a new level of deadliness last week. The worst fighting is taking place in western Iraq, where U.S. forces are trying to disrupt Sunni guerrilla operations and destroy training camps used by foreign and Iraqi terrorists. Haditha sits on the Euphrates along a corridor of lush green hills and ravines that U.S. officers say has become a vital ratline for jihadist recruits crossing from Syria and a rest-and-recoup zone for fighters from the violent Sunni triangle. Patrolling on foot and in convoy, Marines have...
...superpower rivalry is so profound that it defies systematic accommodation in all areas except one: regulation of the military competition. The game of nuclear one-upmanship is the outward manifestation of their essentially political conflict. Instead of using nuclear weapons to fight, the two sides have learned to use them to maneuver for political advantage and, at the same time, to diminish the danger of catastrophic conflict. That peculiar exercise in sublimation is what arms control is all about...
With all this possibility and promise ahead, aren’t these leaders’ classmates exploding with jealousy over their friends’ easy one-upmanship...
...video-nerd one-upmanship, Vol. 2 is a relationship movie, a character study. It focuses on a handful of ornery but ordinary folks--the three remaining killers--and the flashes of rancor, jealousy, ennui and humor that illuminate their lives in the moments before the Bride tries to end them. The two brothers even achieve a reflective acceptance of their guilt. As Budd tells Bill, "That woman deserves her revenge. And we deserve to die." A pause. "Then again, so does she." Well, nobody's perfect...
Though there’s no doubt that internships with prestigious companies provide an excellent stepping-stone into the working community, presenting the student with some useful knowledge for after college, Harvard students overindulge in this game of one-upmanship. Competing for impressive summer positions, some spend much of their spring term flying between Boston and New York for interviews with prospective employers...