Economic stabilisation was undermined, and this helped Slobodan Milosovic to get the upper hand.

ECONOMIST: By invitation

Now, the fight between AMD and Intel is entering a new phase, with both companies falling back on their wits in an effort to get the upper hand.

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The Australian, however, finally began to get the upper hand as the set progressed and Ferreira missed two easy forehand volleys in the 10th game to lose his serve.

BBC: Ferreira stuns Hewitt

At the heart of the Yale- and Bocconi University-educated economics professor, there rages a battle between the heroic Super Mario and his evil twin, Commissar Monti, each side trying to get the upper hand.

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As firefighters try to get the upper hand on the blaze near Fort Collins, which has burned large swaths of private and U.S. Forest Service land since it began June 9, local authorities have dispatched roving patrols to combat looting.

MSN: Nuns, Boy Scouts among new wildfire evacuees

Rather than allowing companies to get the best from both bosses, they trigger damaging internal power struggles as each jockeys for the upper hand.

ECONOMIST: Schumpeter