Creating a competitive advantage out of superior compliance might just provide an edge, however.
But there is a huge difference between wagging the dog (inventing an unnecessary war in order to win an election) and wagging the donkey (wringing partisan advantage out of a necessary conflict).
Had we not got over the line they would have had a big psychological advantage coming out for the second half.
Raikkonen's absence from the top end of the grid is a bonus for Ferrari, with Massa in particular looking to take advantage after out-qualifying Alonso for the fourth race in succession.
With Italy's strength lying in their forwards, England's clearest advantage was out wide but their fear of running the ball from their own half - surely under orders from the England coaching staff - was hampering their efforts to develop any attacking momentum.
When the euro was falling, that advantage was wiped out by currency losses.
Enron was once worth much more on sky-high valuations for its broadband business--and company insiders took advantage by cashing out.
On the other hand, all three men seem to have made a positive advantage of being out of the maelstrom.
Ultimately good technology with a cost advantage will win out over paranoia.
McCain beat Bush in New Hampshire and Michigan early, but a Bush win in hotly contested South Carolina was the first sign that his huge financial and party support advantage would wipe out McCain.
Leading 1-0 from the first leg in the Czech Republic, Chelsea's advantage was canceled out by David Lafata's first half goal before Belgium international Hazard struck superbly with just 15 seconds of normal time remaining.
While the likes of Vettel, McLaren's Jenson Button and Sauber's Nico Hulkenberg who all started on the harder tire profited initially by moving to the front of the field, the early leaders used fresher rubber to reclaim the advantage and fought out the latter half of the race.
Kurnit wanted to adopt a decentralized workforce, so he could take advantage of people working out of their own homes.
Wasps were unable to cope with the Gloucester's marauding forwards and Hazell took full advantage by sprinting over out wide.
Even if waiting another year might bring lower prices, at least some of that advantage could be wiped out by an interest-rate spike.
Bristol kept battering away at the Sale line but they seemed content to concede penalties with Hill increasing the Bristol advantage from 15 metres out.
Consumers, it's been shown repeatedly, don't take advantage of opt-out functions.
Also, while his artificial limbs are lighter than human legs, he must push off the ground harder to get the same thrust, which cancels out any advantage.
The yen's rise against the New Zealand dollar, about 7% over the last week, has pretty much wiped out any advantage a trader had in parking money in the Kiwi.
Such efforts notwithstanding, Josef Schmidhuber, an agronomist at the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, argues that Brazil's competitive advantage lies in churning out huge quantities of low-cost bulk commodities.
It also has the advantage that it sticks out just enough so that when you pick up the handset you immediately know which way the handset is orientated in your hand.
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Kubica lost a lot of time behind Timo Glock's Toyota between laps 38 and 42, but he was more than able to pull out the advantage he needed in the seven laps before his final stop.
In the tiebreak, Williams was struggling until nerves got the better of Li as she made a series of unforced errors and the top seed took advantage to close it out with a second-service ace after 58 minutes.
Alas, in spite of having an F2.2 aperture on the N9, Nokia hasn't managed to replicate the heroics of its earlier device: the N8 shows its advantage in consistently picking out better color balance and in also being sharper throughout the frame.
Also, stocks will typically consolidate after advancing 20% to 25%, so instead of waiting out the consolidation, I take advantage by reallocating my 20% profit to another stock that is breaking out from a consolidation period or base pattern.
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An astute manager is forever scanning the horizon for ways to eke out a critical advantage.
All the supermarkets have this advantage: You need fill out just one application form for all investments.
But neither company has yet eked out a clear advantage in what could be a spirited marketing battle.
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