QUOTES WITH «ONE-UPMANSHIP»
Famous quotes and sentences with the word
one-upmanship.
I think everyone can recognize the one-upmanship and the competition that go on wherever you are, especially among groups where the women don't have to hold down office jobs and instead get in a total snit about who won the longest carrot contest or took first prize for summer chutney in the August fete.
10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ONE-UPMANSHIP»
Discover the use of
one-upmanship in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
one-upmanship and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Frequent Flyer Humor and
One-
Upmanship
On a nice little De Havilland twin prop, Toronto to Baltimore: "Okay, so we have fifteen of you today.
Being Some Account Of The Activities And Teaching Of The Lifemanship Correspondence College Of One-Upness And Gameslifemastery.
3
How I Beat Coca-Cola and Other Tales of
One-
Upmanship
Carl Djerassi crafts a shrewd collection of comedies of manners, exposing the foibles of elite tribes—business executives, chefs, scientists, professors, musicians, and other clever characters.
4
Systems-Centered Therapy for Groups
Emotional One-Upmanship Emotional one-upmanship (see Table 5.3)
establishes dominance either subtly (by inviting the other into the role of
subordinate or identified patient) or overtly (by making explicit devaluations of the
other and by ...
5
The Secret Artist: A Close Reading of Sigmund Freud
Power, Success and Greatness and How to Win Friends and Influence People
come to mind, but still more so Stephen Potter's One-Upmanship. The One-
Upmanship books are manuals of well-guarded appearances, especially in the ...
6
Encyclopedia of Applied Psychology
Main characteristics of authoritarian personalities include a preoccupation with
superiority and one- upmanship, an intolerance of behavior and objects that are
different, a tendency to classify all things into black and white/right and wrong, ...
Charles Spielberger, 2004
7
The Collected Works of Chogyam Trungpa: Volume Six: Glimpses ...
You are presenting one-upmanship w the time: at an unconscious or
psychological level, you are trying to nurse or protect your territory as much as
you can. That seems to be the process of the hell realm—we are throwing out
flames, and ...
Chogyam Trungpa, Carolyn Rose Gimian, 2010
8
Necessary Losses: The Loves Illusions Dependencies and ...
... to be nothing more than the final battle in the war over who will be crowned
Most Dutiful Child. And a pair of middle-aged sisters are still playing one-
upmanship games, but now they compete through their children and their
grandchildren.
9
A History of Modern Poetry: Modernism and After
Advocating Eliot, he identified himself as a Modernist, enjoying in the process the
glories of one-upmanship and rebellion. His Tennessee hearers "did not know
anything about" this literature, as Ransom later recalled, "and were as likely as ...
10
Still the Mind: An Introduction to Meditation
Some very curious games are played, and many of them are forms of spiritual
one-upmanship. People become concerned with being more humble than other
people. PASSING JUDGMENTS Suppose we see somebody who has a
reputation, ...
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «ONE-UPMANSHIP»
Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term
one-upmanship is used in the context of the following news items.
Bihar deserves much more than Rs 50000 crore: PM Modi edges …
In a game of political one-upmanship, which Modi is spectacular at, the Prime Minister said that he remembers the promise he had made to ... «Firstpost, Jul 15»
ALP conference: left loses vote on motion to prohibit boat turnbacks …
There's no moral one-upmanship here. Shorten says if we know that people are getting on boats and they sink and people drown, Labor can't ... «The Guardian, Jul 15»
"I am proud of both Bahubali and Bajrangi Bhaijaan" - SS Rajamouli
... whose father the distinguished writer K V Vijayendra Prasad has written both the films, refuses to play the game of one-upmanship between ... «Bollywood Hungama, Jul 15»
Truth & dare of Big Two
It's a one-upmanship the two have not been able to resolve, a jostling at the top that has left both their partymen and constituencies fretting ... «Calcutta Telegraph, Jul 15»
The Incredibly Shrinking Carrier Market
Sharp also noted that lately there's a bit of merger one-upmanship going on between the carriers and providers. For some time now, he said, ... «Human Resource Executive Online, Jul 15»
Migrants flee West's mess
Washington and, even more so, its Saudi playmates in Riyadh have fanned the flames of war in the region in their deadly game of one-upmanship against Iran ... «Morning Star Online, Jul 15»
Retreat for the decline of my life
... upper-middle-class British people in the 1920s and 1930s, vying for social prestige and one-upmanship in an atmosphere of extreme cultural ... «Millstone News, Jul 15»
Two Isn't Company
... agrees that “there's been avoidable political confrontation between the two CMs and that one-upmanship is unwarranted” but points out that life in Hyderabad ... «Outlook, Jul 15»
Law practice: reduced to 'a game of one-upmanship'
It's a game of one-upmanship. Esteem is often measured by the kind of client a lawyer represents: The bigger the crook (with millions stashed ... «Inquirer.net, Jul 15»
Under The Dome: “Caged”
Each is using the other to try to escape their current predicament, and their banter and one-upmanship is enjoyable in the way that two old pros ... «A.V. Club Milwaukee, Jul 15»
