-...quarreling.. -...one-upmanship...

This has gone beyond one-upmanship, doctor.

That means no more hostility... ...quarreling... ...one-upmanship...

Meaning that my family's future is just one chess move... ...in the endless game of one-upmanship played by you and your dad?

Victor and I are going to engage in some pseudointellectual one-upmanship over dinner, then the symphony, and then I'm coming over to your place to bang.

Our hopes of seeing the provisions of resolution 1403 (2002) implemented have been dashed, because the Prime Minister of Israel is using a suicide policy as the basis for rejecting all United Nations resolutions, in particular those of the Security Council. He has even gone to the extreme by neglecting all international calls to resort to reason, to have foresight, to avoid political one-upmanship and to stop jeopardizing the interests of the Palestinian and Israeli peoples as well as the safety and security of the international community as a whole.