Colin Turnbull: A Tall Story, the charming and rather plangent tale of a man who longs only to win Lancashire's Tallest Milkman competition, took its creator, Matthew Dooley, only two weeks to draw.
"They should really call it the World's Tallest Story competition," he said after claiming his prize, a silver trophy from the Cockermouth brewers, Jennings, who brewed a special Liar's Beer for the evening.
In technical terms, Serginho was palpably the least accomplished of that sexiest of attacking sextets, but then a 7ft fella isn't going to win the world's tallest man competition.
That broader scope comes into sharper focus when there is a history of open-mindedness for a sports league — or any industry, for that matter — to stand taller than its competition.
This would require, what Bradley called, "unwinding [of] the integration" of PCs within HP and would require this new company to stand tall amid tough competition and not rely on big daddy HP during tough sales quarters.
In 1992 he went into iced tea, launching Arizona from a Brooklyn warehouse and quickly toppling the competition with taller cans and flashier labels.
In competition with taller but lower yielding varieties, however, the high-yield variety disappeared within three years (Jennings and de Jesus 1968).
Baghdad also now boasts what Iraqis claim is the Middle East's tallest tower (erected in competition with Kuwait), the region's only double-decker bridge and a complete reconstruction of the world's oldest palace at nearby Babylon.
In dry years, in contrast, the advantage of tall trees decreases and competition becomes more size-symmetric.
