Career focuses on self-aggrandizement and accumulation. From Wordnik.com. [Rabbi Shmuley Boteach: Six Values to Raise Outstanding Children] Reference
What Huckabee is doing is some sort of self-aggrandizement. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Feb 20, 2008] Reference
"Me too" is inadequate for the purposes of self-aggrandizement. From Wordnik.com. [On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with...] Reference
Most applicants opt for self-aggrandizement over self-effacement. From Wordnik.com. [The Perfect Essay] Reference
Looks to me like the commonality for both is "self-aggrandizement.". From Wordnik.com. [Flashback: Rudy Refused $10 Million Gift From Saudi Prince Who Blamed America For 9/11] Reference
This comic self-aggrandizement suggests the true range of his career. From Wordnik.com. ['Holy The Bop Apocalypse!'] Reference
Turkey seeks Israeli-Syrian peace not merely for self-aggrandizement. From Wordnik.com. [Alon Ben-Meir: An Opportunity for Syrian-Israeli Peace] Reference
It was this big self-aggrandizement the statement that he made today. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Aug 20, 2009] Reference
But this will only help him to bask further in his self-aggrandizement. From Wordnik.com. [Addicted to Oil?] Reference
Sort of reminds me of the Chimp: Full of self-aggrandizement and buffoonery. From Wordnik.com. [Edwards Didn't Endorse Anyone On Leno Tonight, NBC Flack Confirms] Reference
The man does not care about the rule of law, only about self-aggrandizement. From Wordnik.com. [Michael Moore Wades Into Rudy Firefighter Controversy] Reference
As in David's case, women become objects to feed a man's self-aggrandizement. From Wordnik.com. [Dr. Brandy Dunn: Sex Addiction and 'Pleasure Deafness'] Reference
I mention my piece from last November for reasons other than self-aggrandizement. From Wordnik.com. [David Quigg: Basic Truths in Hoh Resignation Letter Were True When He Took His Job] Reference
Bloggers complained about its cluenessness, lack of focus and self-aggrandizement. From Wordnik.com. [HUFFINGTON'S POST: NOT YET TOAST] Reference
The guy's obviously hijacking threads for his own amusement and self-aggrandizement. From Wordnik.com. [Obama: You Wanna Talk About 9/11? Well, Let's Talk About 9/11!] Reference
A syndrome related to arrogance occurs when we transpose self-aggrandizement to others. From Wordnik.com. [20 Dissolving Disturbing Emotions into Underlying Deep Awareness] Reference
And that, without a word or whisper of self-pity or self-aggrandizement, is what he did. From Wordnik.com. [A Lesson In Dignity] Reference
That is, media ought to be for something more than entertainment and self-aggrandizement. From Wordnik.com. [Sarah McLachlan's $150,000] Reference
It typically takes the form of self-aggrandizement and demeaning and exploiting subordinates. From Wordnik.com. [Robert Fuller: How Nobodies Can Be Somebodies (FAQs re: The Dignity Movement against Rankism)] Reference
They were men who thought along the lines of duty, not along the lines of self-aggrandizement. From Wordnik.com. [America First Patriotic Readings] Reference
The man is a menace, cynically splitting the African-American community for self-aggrandizement. From Wordnik.com. [Obama Campaign Has Yet To Distance Itself From Antigay Singer At Obama Event] Reference
BASTONE: Well, self-aggrandizement, psychosis, take your pick, I mean, there is a lot of reasons. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Mar 30, 2008] Reference
Why can't the Democrats in Connecticut see that he just plays them for his own self-aggrandizement. From Wordnik.com. [CT-SEN: Lieberman Won't Say Whether Dems Should Win House] Reference
This pledge seems designed to dispel the criticism of self-aggrandizement on the part of Goldsmith. From Wordnik.com. [Billionaire with a Cause] Reference
Then there was the Marine ethic, which frowned on anything resembling ambition or self-aggrandizement. From Wordnik.com. [The Night of the Generals] Reference
He taught me that I had a responsibility to use the arts for the good of people, not for self-aggrandizement. From Wordnik.com. [Michael Kaiser: The Remarkable Barney Simon] Reference
I mean, people want -- you know, if there ` s a chance to grab some self-aggrandizement, people will go for it. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Apr 3, 2007] Reference
But what you also have, I think, are habits and a culture that thinks of politics as a-- as a means of self-aggrandizement. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Dec 11, 2008] Reference
One should never underestimate the vehement staying power of self-regard, self-aggrandizement, self-promotion and the like. From Wordnik.com. [On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with...] Reference
The second magical moment, spoke to our hearts when Sean Penn used his platform for a purpose larger than self-aggrandizement. From Wordnik.com. [Dr. Cara Barker: What If Help Were Closer Than You Think?] Reference
That is the self-aggrandizement at an extreme level - in that context it's hard for me to hear her RFK comment in any other way. From Wordnik.com. [Hillary Invokes RFK Assassination While Describing Why She's Staying In Race] Reference
A man of the iron integrity of Cobden found himself necessarily in opposition to a man of popularity and self-aggrandizement, like. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 17, No. 100, February, 1866] Reference
And it's obvious now, when she has no chance of becoming the Presidential nominee, when her only motivation is self-aggrandizement. From Wordnik.com. [Bob Burnett: Clinton's Last Stand] Reference
Time honored traditions such as hate mongering, disinformation to cull personal biases, and self-aggrandizement are in no short supply. From Wordnik.com. [KC Shoen: The HuffPo Reader-Hillary Haters] Reference
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