SIOUX CITY, Iowa, March 9 — Outside the blinding glare of Hillarobama, John Edwards has been quietly building his campaign organization in the early primary and caucus states and amassing a bankroll to remain competitive in the crush of contests early next year.
The World Series then delivered a crushing competitive blow as the Rangers blew an all-but-certain victory in Game 6.
When we win – which we usually do – the Aussies are quick to point out that rugby is only their 87th most popular sport, coming in just below "competitive beer can crushing" and slightly ahead of "stalking British backpackers through the desert".
Many, in fact, now feel exhausted and, perhaps, dehumanized by the increasingly crushing, competitive and nonstop demanding marketplace of the turn of the 21st century, where Americans work the longest hours of any people in the industrialized world yet have less and less job security, shrinking benefits and essentially stagnant wages.
But before you do that, why not tune in to the latest episode of OMG/JK — where my colleague MG Siegler and I discuss the surprise calls and bone-crushing, competitive maneuvers taking place on the gridiron of Silicon Valley.
"In a dynamic marketplace," it continued, "speed is of the essence in remedying the effects of unlawful exclusionary conduct designed to crush nascent competitive technologies.
The big Nevada casinos have put their money and considerable lobbying clout behind the bill to try to crush a competitive threat to their billion-dollar desert palaces.
I don't come over all Competitive Dad and mercilessly crush my progeny into the ground but equally they are sensitive to patronising play and can quickly lose interest.
Ofcom has already received a complaint from Virgin Media, which sees Canvas as an anti-competitive cartel that will crush the nascent online TV market.
Competitive and power-hungry, I crushed the competition and left a trail of burnt-out assistants in my wake.
