Word: oneupmanship
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...Mumbai Attacks Another heinous act of terrorism has been committed in India [The World, Dec. 8]. It is disgusting to observe that our political leaders, instead of rising above political lines in the fight against this common evil and cooperating in the investigations, indulge in political oneupmanship with an eye on the forthcoming elections. A great tragedy, apart from the loss of a large number of innocent lives, is the killing of the chief of the Anti-Terrorism Squad, Hemant Karkare. He was heading up the investigations into earlier bomb blasts and had started to reveal some startling information...
Gorbachev's interview with TIME is the boldest thrust to date in the oneupmanship that has been going on between Washington and Moscow. Each side has been trying to outdo the other in poor-mouthing the prospects for the summit while reiterating its own determination to keep plugging away. In a major escalation of this serious game, Gorbachev has now essentially accused the U.S. of seeking to sabotage the meeting in advance...
...brown bags for life. A power luncher is encouraged to eat things uncooked. Raw oysters, raw meat and raw onions evoke a suitable image. Food size is equally important: "Steak is macho, and the bigger the steak, the more macho it becomes." Emulation is the ultimate in oneupmanship, since it creates a common bond with a lunch companion. "It's a very high power play to order the same thing as your guest in food or drink," write the authors...
...hopeless hysteria of England," singling out President Ronald Reagan and Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher as "mediocre" and "short of stature." On the Sunday just before Pope John Paul II was due to arrive in Argentina, Archbishop Antonio Quarracino of Avellaneda delivered a sermon that smacked of spiritual oneupmanship. "The Pope visited England as a duty ... He comes to us because of love...
Everyone played the game of oneupmanship. Connally dispatched a yellow rose of Texas to each delegate's room...