This was a true partnership, in which all problems were jointly solved and neither partner dreamed of upstaging the other.

Her most vivid recollection involved a particularly brutish upstaging during a lavish wedding, just as the newlyweds began their first dance.

(The hospital, presumably fearing architectural upstaging, insisted that the center not stand out too much from its own mediocre building.)

Political upstaging.

Gillespie's breakneck "Blue 'n' Boogie" provided the set's closer, along with a chance for the tenors to do some upstaging.

Both his father, Henry, and Alex, are angry about the upstaging, but Fred is inspired to be the Easter Bunny himself.

While the President has dismissed the allegations as little more than political upstaging by the opposition, analysts said that he should demand an investigation to re-establish his credibility.

But when asked whether Republicans, in pursuing such a strategy, risk the upstaging of their nominee by an immensely popular President, the official replied: "You've got a point.

Some Wizards were especially bothered by Jordan's knack for upstaging them on national television, something he routinely did in Chicago during his championship runs with the Bulls.

UPSTAGING Nell Campbell is no small trick.

Another fun aspect of the Disney deal was its upstaging of Laurence Tisch's announcement of CBS's sale to Westinghouse the very next day.

Importantly, significant upstaging at recurrence and histologic transformation to a more aggressive B-cell lymphoma were not observed among patients with stage IA disease treated initially with only resection.

Or was his upstaging of Scott a pre-emptive move to put Scott on notice as to what to expect if he decides he wants to go with another person on his bag?

Last year's French Open junior champion, Andrei Medvedev of Ukraine, has shown a flair for comedy along with an obvious talent for upstaging his elders on and off the court.

It is a floor show that, at an unfamiliar sound, vanishes into the hedge behind, returning seconds later to resume upstaging the exhibition of bird art inside the society's hilltop house of brick painted white.

UPSTAGING PAVLOVA In the streets she was besieged for autographs. . . . No question but she had an air.

Upstaging Cecil Fielder's three-run homer against his former club, only the second homer of the 128 in his career at Tiger Stadium that he has ripped in a road uniform, was not easy.

For a man who many political analysts say is this young administration's all-powerful prime minister, Mr. Cheney was in no danger of upstaging his boss in Week One or the beginning of Week Two.

The real prima donna in this production - almost upstaging Ms. Blackwell - was Beatrice Arthur, the television sitcom star, whose portrayal of the Duchess of Krakenthorp, a usually minuscule speaking role, was a disruptive sideshow.

Meredith, a friend of Weill's, was to play the romantic young lead Brom Broek, but he left when he saw the villainous Peter Stuyvesant character growing into a more and more lovable and important role, upstaging his.

Labeled as Apple Jacks Adventures in print advertising, the commercials focus on CinnaMon upstaging Bad Apple by reaching a bowl of Apple Jacks before he can, in spite of the apple's attempts to stop him.

It didn't have to come to this, the callous upstaging of the Hall of Fame election announcement this week for Dennis Eckersley and Paul Molitor, because Rose's necessary removal from the sport had nothing to do with his getting the plaque he deserved.

Colonel Francis Edward de Groot (24 October 1888-1 April 1969) holds a notorious place in Australian history for his high-profile upstaging of New South Wales Premier Jack Lang at the official opening of the Sydney Harbour Bridge in 1932.

At the turn of the century, the National Horse Show survived the upstaging of the horse by the automobile, and in 1915 the show survived a wink at tradition when Eleanora Sears became the first woman to shelve her sidesaddle and ride astride like a man.

Napier-Bell managed John's Children, who were better known for their ability to shock rather than for their music and who were thrown off a major tour of Germany for upstaging The Who with an act that included running round the audience throwing feathers in the air and whipping each other with chains.

Yet in some ways the president - and Congress, for that matter - had been upstaged only four days before.

He often upstaged the candidate during the final days of the campaign.

The blossoms will have to get used to being upstaged.

But no one should expect him to upstage the boss.

My brother I hate has come back from the dead to upstage me.

Sometimes we might talk about upstaging even if it is not in the theatre.

They must not ever upstage the lady of the house or the chief executive's wife.

In some ways the band was upstaged by the opening act: itself.

"Everybody wanted to be the star, so I just decided to upstage them all and take my clothes off."

The show became notorious for their efforts to upstage each other.

Then in the budget debate he was upstaged by a dog.

And each building can be easily taken away whenever upstaged by time or nature.

His aim is to upstage the rest of the cast.

The Portuguese arrived around 1498 and were upstaged by 1545.

And much of the time, she was easily upstaged by her dancers.

This time round, in other words, the paint upstages the subject matter.

"That is a terrible example of how to upstage another actor."

His objective was to be complete but "never upstage the subject."

And the only thing capable of upstaging the water is the boats.

There is no one around who could possibly upstage the Boss.

The original entrance will remain in use but may be upstaged.

In that sense she may have been upstaged by her own striking beauty.

She loved to upstage others in her quest to become a star.

This hearing was his show and Megan had upstaged him.

The designer upstaged not only the singers, but also the director.

Once Valentine has disappeared, the townsfolk turn upstage, waving more excitedly than ever.

What is fascinating for a playwright like myself, who was reared in a theater in which an actor's "process" - the search for motivation and character - is a primary part of rehearsals, is to watch Mr. Abbott's actors accept direction such as "Why don't you gesture here" or "Look at him and turn upstage there."