Francona's 2011 Red Sox had crumbled in September, and the team was surly and unlikable, humiliated by comical reports of mid-game chicken and beer soirees in the clubhouse.
Still, I refused to let myself completely off the hook, and as I left her office, I set forth on a path of self-discovery to identify how my actions might've contributed to how I felt -- a path that quickly brought up the ever-confusing chicken and egg game.
It would be nice to think that the game of chicken was just a childhood phenomenon.
"This is not a game of chicken with Mother Nature, " Chertoff told reporters Thursday in Washington.
As the March 1 deadline for sequestration approaches Congress is playing its familiar game of chicken.
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Yet in every game of chicken, there is one party that has the upper hand.
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The eurogroup has played its latest move in what many have called a game of chicken.
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For months, Democrats and Republicans have been playing a game of chicken over AMT relief.
What -- is there -- that seems to be another kind of game of chicken.
One engaged the sub in a game of chicken, only to veer off at the last minute.
He is playing a daring game of chicken on Wall Street--and winning--because he has less to lose.
Their actions were indicative of the fear that the game of chicken is getting out of hand.
That will turn each crisis into a game of chicken as bondholders sell before they get penalised.
In a high-stakes game of chicken, says David Cummings, the player with the most to lose usually loses.
But German demands for penalties and holding ECB bailouts hostage is a game of chicken with worldwide implications.
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For professional money managers, the market has degenerated into a game of chicken.
"The chicken-and-game problem has not been solved, " he said of the need for both game software and machine hardware.
But who will be the first to swerve in this game of chicken?
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That should make the game of chicken euro-zone politicians are playing with the recession-weary Greek public look much less appealing.
So now they are holed up in another state playing a high stakes game of chicken over which side will cave first.
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As Bob Reischauer, a former head of the Congressional Budget Office, puts it, both sides are indulging in a game of chicken.
The game of chicken he is playing with Berlin and Brussels is reckless because the costs of Grexit would be devastating for Greece.
So the debt-ceiling game of chicken may have been frustrating and nerve-wracking, and the resulting deal may be less than meets the eye.
So far BofA has refused to pay up, locking the two companies in a dangerous game of chicken that could cost BofA billions.
Arbitron officials suggest that Hogan's public saber-rattling is reminiscent of the game of chicken the company played with the Infinity radio chain last year.
The politicians played a game of chicken and the bankers blinked.
The impasse over debt degenerates into a game of chicken.
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While I agree with those who argue that we need less government spending rather than higher tax rates, their game of chicken over the debt ceiling makes me very nervous.
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