Word: upsmanship
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...felt that Kline hadn’t beaten Pollock, he had simply outshouted him. He had taken one appealing aspect of Pollock’s painting—its base materiality—and excessively amplified it. And I think this kind of one-upsmanship is especially dangerous when it comes to base materiality or any similar strategy specifically designed to provoke a strong visceral response from the viewer. The problem is not that these strategies don’t suceed, but rather that they suceed far too well. At a certain point I think the visceral-reaction-inducing qualities...
...it’s healthy to be reminded of a reason most Americans disdain politics. But it should be exposed for what it is. Petty partisanship trivializes both the gravity of the moment and the very notion of a patriotism that means something more than political posturing and one-upsmanship...
...after passing the measure by a 64-36 vote on Thursday evening -- and the President signed it later in the day. The bill, which started as a $6 billion request from Clinton, quickly swelled to $15 billion in the House after Republicans indulged in $6 billion worth of one-upsmanship (not soft on defense, they!), some long-delayed hurricane-relief funds for Central America, and a good helping of plain old pork. But add-ons like subsidies for Alaska reindeer farmers, election-monitoring money for elections in East Timor, and an additional $333,000 a year for Tom DeLay...
...Shellacking: Easy to overlook in the aftermath of Harvard's recurring one-upsmanship was an impressive 3-0 shellacking of Cornell on Saturday...
...Crimson article not only failed to mention these proposals, but undermined their productivity. Its pitting of the Quarterly against the Advocate presents the issue as a game of one-upsmanship. This coverage fosters divisiveness directly opposed to our intent of unification...