Instead of exploring the layers of meaning in the script, Ashford presents a stereotype of Williams — all sorghum, chicory, and cornpone logic — while, at the same time, trying to upstage him.
We're bulldozing Detroit while at the same time trying to establish model metropolises in Kabul and Kandahar.
Democrats today played to all those doubts while at the same time trying not to look obstructionist.
That is when the president will spell out his solution to America's long-term budget gap while, at the same time, trying to finance his jobs package.
Why would there be any conflict when a governor stands up for one of her state's largest employers while at the same time trying to attract new ones?
She couldn't imagine working at the pace expected of her by the company while at the same time trying to raise a child.
Obama is right to dismiss some of Wright's more despicable statements, while at the same time trying to explain the context which has produced them.
The UK government is up to its old tricks: talking good green talk at home, while at the same time trying to water down EU environmental targets.
Ms. McNulty, the lawyer, is trying to forestall the foreclosure, while at the same time trying to locate those who, in her view, defrauded her client.
"It is precisely this that we intend to avert by means of the legal protection we are seeking, while at the same time trying to protect the image and honour, both of our father and, in general, of our family".
A good campaign, therefore, must be prepared to argue its case under both paradigms while at the same time trying to steer the race in the direction that is most favorable to it.
