adversarially

Mr. Bedford said the goal is to win concessions consensually, not adversarially, which would be the case if Frontier entered court protection.

Republic Lifted by Frontier Savings Susan Carey 2011

Mr. Bedford said the goal is to win concessions consensually, not adversarially, which would be the case if Frontier entered court protection.

Republic Lifted by Frontier Savings Susan Carey 2011

As indeed, is also “legal process” structured adversarially, and even more so, when peopled by those whose goal is income.

Justin Raimondo vs. Christopher Hitchens on al-Jazeera « Antiwar.com Blog 2008

Vince Warren, the executive director of the Center for Constitutional Rights, added that he saw a de facto convergence of interests with the CIA, an agency that the human rights community more often views adversarially.

Telling Holder He’s Not Going Far Enough When The Right Says He’s Going Way Too Far | ATTACKERMAN 2009

A and B will both get more if they both act cooperatively than if they both act adversarially.

Robin's Wishful Thinking, Bryan Caplan | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009

But one of them will get more if he acts adversarially while the other acts cooperatively, while the cooperative one will now get less than if both acted adversarially.

Robin's Wishful Thinking, Bryan Caplan | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009

So unless they know each other or can make credible commitments to cooperation, it's safer for them to act adversarially.

Robin's Wishful Thinking, Bryan Caplan | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009

The Brits always approach the interview adversarially and ask tough, penetrating questions, and follow up, making the subject squirm (and it's not partisan -- they do it for left and right politicians, and indeed for non-politician interviewees.)

Jesse Larner: Conservative Values? 2008

As noted elsewhere in the blogosphere, the enhanced economic value delivered by residents and businesses who pioneered the area and created a viable community that forms the basis for the desirability of the underlying land in the first place is reduced to a preferentially and not adversarially assigned value.

Has the Court "erased the Public Use Clause from our Constitution"? Ann Althouse 2005

Why does it seem that many developers still act so adversarially towards their players?

Run for your lives! 2005