Competitiveness comes in a different guise: an awesomely sophisticated game of one-upmanship.
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In a testy yet peculiarly funny game of one-upmanship two or three at a time periodically roll between an anchoring row of upstage seats.
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Beneath the façade lies a game of one-upmanship.
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But in our new age of austerity, the global game of one-upmanship has changed.
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Inevitably, neighbours are in uproar at this game of one-upmanship, or should that be five-upmanship?
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