But what President Clinton and Speaker Gingrich demonstrated in the mid-1990s is that meaningful bipartisan agreements can also be forged by fierce and ideologically opposed competitors who wrestle each other toward a tolerable consensus, as long as that consensus stands to benefit both parties politically.
Don't forget that today's innovative "social economy" requires an emotional attachment that links customers to products, as opposed to competitors, translating into sustainable growth.
Cavett said he never felt Carson was opposed to competitors, including Cavett himself.
What if students viewed their peers as resources and collaborators, as opposed to competitors in courses that employ grade curving?
There is no opposing team, and competitors are scored in a manner similar to those in gymnastics.
Marc Benioff, chief executive officer of Salesforce.com — which also made a bid for LinkedIn — has been one of the most vocal competitors opposing the acquisition, arguing Microsoft will use LinkedIn's database of ~430 million professional profiles of users to "block competition".
"It gives them more of a buffer as opposed to some competitors who just compete on price".
Only in the latter two cases, however, is the nature of the disagreement known: Paul's competitors opposed his admitting Gentiles to the Christian movement without requiring them to become Jewish.
Andrew Shanahan: "Tailoring your qualifications and experiences to the post in question is important, but so is emphasising how your youth is a positive thing, as opposed to your competitors' age.
It just happens to be imposed upon a conflict of interest, or type of behavior, between research analysts and investment bankers, as opposed to two competitors who sit in the back room and fix prices.
The roster of titles Nintendo approves for sale on the DSi store will be "more like the content you'll find at a film festival," he said, as opposed to its competitors' catalogues, which are "more akin to YouTube". Like the first DS device, the new revision features two screens, one of which is touch-sensitive, and a microphone.
