As a result of equilibrium play, the rivals can avoid fighting altogether by backing down or submitting to the other's demands at critical decision points.
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With such backing, their leadership was secured against potential rivals in a way their predecessors could never have imagined.
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Democracies are less likely to be rivals and democratization pushes rivalry resolution.
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More successful distant rivals were the real competition, while also serving as sources of inspiration.
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Worse, the radicals can also perceive them as rivals, and take advantage of their repression to start launching violent attacks to replace them.
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However, costly signaling may also explain the role of food sharing in deterring rivals.
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The media reported it as a clear victory for bio-medicine over its non-orthodox "rivals".
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Nevertheless, our rivals threaten a range of outcomes that are observed in real world settings.
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Additionally, as the size of the winning coalition increases, incumbents must spend a higher proportion of available resources to defeat political rivals.
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Instead, the rivals fight preventively to evade the danger of reversion to a self-defeating extremal equilibrium that involves no further fighting.
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As long as the rivals adopt incompatible bargaining positions at any point, the crisis can escalate to war and wars can be fought repeatedly.
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We find that the rivals' ability to threaten each other is a critical determinant of the outcome of bargaining.
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Like their rivals, government journalists were constrained in what they wrote by the law.
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Instead, they must present policies that are significantly more attractive than - hence different from - their rivals' positions.
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At the same time it hoped to profit from its rivals' disputes in the region.
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bitter rival
But the diva also sets her sights on him and, used to getting what she wants, becomes thebitterrival-in-love of the other singer.
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closest rival
She had defeated herclosestrivalby less than 200 votes in close 4-way race.
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fierce rivals
Considering the two schools were fierce rivals prior to consolidation there was very little conflict when they were combined.
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