Word: gamesmanship
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...Vampire bats returning from a successful blood-sucking expedition share the proceeds with bat buddies that had a tougher night on the parasitism front. Since these magnanimous bats will someday be needy themselves, this reciprocal altruism is a win-win game. Natural selection favored animals good at win-win gamesmanship...
...American people deserve more than partisan posturing and legislative gamesmanship on an issue this vital," he said in a speech practically interchangeable with various proclamations on everything from the budget to campaign finance reform. "A bipartisan majority is poised to pass this bill, but now they are being blocked by legislative tactics." For Republican leaders, who insist it?s the Democrats, not them, who?ve tied cement blocks to the bill, the goal is to position HMO reform as close as possible to the business interests that support them most fervently. That means limiting lawsuits and capping damage awards. Democrats...
...stage was set and Styperek stepped up, taking the second set 6-3. In winning the decisive third set 7-5, the sophomore had to combat not only his opponent, but also strange displays of gamesmanship...
...never hear a line of either Henry's or Simon's work. One or both may have great lyrical beauty and ethical depth; one or both may be junk. It matters not, for this is less a tale of literary gamesmanship than a parable of friendship. What would you do for a friend, a lover, the family you feel trapped by? Who deserves your most annihilating sacrifice? What are friends for, anyway...
...movie declines to enthrall, it is because its creators forgot what makes the show shine. An hour of dense thoughtfulness and outrageous gamesmanship, it often steps ahead of its canniest viewers, never afraid to mystify or end with a shivery question mark. Skull and Mull--braininess and wondering...