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Some folks seem to think that the forum is a graffiti-zone, and some seem to engage in the kind of oneupsmanship that my two male Dobermans perform out in the yard.
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You can bet both AMD and Nvidia are aware of the game they're playing, a kind of oneupsmanship in minor increments.
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Sometimes literary events feature writers with passive-aggressive personalities who care little for connecting with an audience and a lot for strange stealth networking and careerist oneupsmanship.
S.X. Rosenstock: Women Writers: The Essay Gets Up Close and Personal S.X. Rosenstock 2010
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It's a singular issue that lies at the nexus of so many of the things that the Press Corps values: lame perks, proximity to power, dickish oneupsmanship ... and the matter was well lampooned by "The Daily Show's" Jon Stewart last night.
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Sometimes literary events feature writers with passive-aggressive personalities who care little for connecting with an audience and a lot for strange stealth networking and careerist oneupsmanship.
S.X. Rosenstock: Women Writers: The Essay Gets Up Close and Personal S.X. Rosenstock 2010
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Sometimes literary events feature writers with passive-aggressive personalities who care little for connecting with an audience and a lot for strange stealth networking and careerist oneupsmanship.
S.X. Rosenstock: Women Writers: The Essay Gets Up Close and Personal S.X. Rosenstock 2010
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Conversations broke down in games of oneupsmanship, useless attepts to out philosophize the other.
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Sometimes literary events feature writers with passive-aggressive personalities who care little for connecting with an audience and a lot for strange stealth networking and careerist oneupsmanship.
S.X. Rosenstock: Women Writers: The Essay Gets Up Close and Personal S.X. Rosenstock 2010
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Is that oneupsmanship in tune with the values we want our children to learn?
Down with celebrity graduation speakers! Up with teachers! 2010
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Sometimes literary events feature writers with passive-aggressive personalities who care little for connecting with an audience and a lot for strange stealth networking and careerist oneupsmanship.
S.X. Rosenstock: Women Writers: The Essay Gets Up Close and Personal S.X. Rosenstock 2010
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