Word: one-upmanship
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...Perhaps it doesn't much matter at this point who gets the fleeting leg up - outside the Beltway, few minds have been or will be changed by a purely academic debate over political one-upmanship. Voters who railed against Ashcroft's nomination will probably continue to feel betrayed by the new president and will rally behind 42 of 50 Senate Democrats. Those who supported Ashcroft's candidacy will feel vindicated, and stand behind his champions in the Senate...
...added that overt and widespread one-upmanship among media networks only exacerbates the problem of misinformation, encouraging journalists to sacrifice integrity for speed...
...laughs along the way. Berwick and Carmichael play off each other remarkably well, finishing each other's sentences and creating huge verbal fugues. (Kudos to director Jordan R. Berkow on choreographing such a complicated verbal ballet.) Both men are appealing and personable, in spite of their faults and their one-upmanship. But as the play goes on, the verbal spars become far more aggressive as they needle each other about affairs, jobs, and kids...
...hard to find a cellular service that will give you the phone for free. The downside: there's not a lot of room on a cell-phone screen for browsing the Internet. But count on screens--and phones--to get bigger. Remember that Ur-1990s one-upmanship over who has the smallest cellular phone? It's over...
With each side hoping to use a Clinton trip for one-upmanship in their rivalry, "this would be tricky even if Pakistan hadn't had a coup" last October, says a senior Administration official...