Hugo said Opperman had a tendency toward self-aggrandisement. From Wordnik.com. [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference
Dave Winer is not solely concerned with self-aggrandisement. From Wordnik.com. [Dave Winer's right. There, I said it.] Reference
They are all on the same agenda: denial and self-aggrandisement. From Wordnik.com. [On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with...] Reference
This led him to do things for others, not for self-aggrandisement. From Wordnik.com. [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference
Is not the public good sacrificed to self-aggrandisement and individual interest. From Wordnik.com. [An Account of Timbuctoo and Housa Territories in the Interior of Africa] Reference
The text itself was a mixture of civic self-aggrandisement and history rewritten. From Wordnik.com. [Sepulchre]
This erroneous attitude seems to be more about self-aggrandisement than good business practice. From Wordnik.com. [Interview with Francis Ellen] Reference
I'd call it incipient megalomania because he's spending far beyond sanity on self-aggrandisement. From Wordnik.com. [Come To Grief]
Dave Winer is not solely concerned with self-aggrandisement, he does stand for certain principles. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2006-02-01] Reference
Instead officers sitting on these councils were using their positions for self-aggrandisement, they said. From Wordnik.com. [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference
Neal Lawson's mission of self-aggrandisement and weasel words no offence Neal have now reached a new low. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2008-05-11] Reference
This is a grave responsibility, for if these powers are used for self-aggrandisement the results are disastrous. From Wordnik.com. [Within You is the Power] Reference
An extraordinary measure taken for the common good, it had to transcend individual caprice or self-aggrandisement. From Wordnik.com. [Will Defeating Terrorism Be A Defeat For Bush?] Reference
I've been involved in far lefty protests for years but this is the funniest piece of self-aggrandisement I've seen. From Wordnik.com. [Oxford Scientists Bite Back at Animal Rights Activists] Reference
They would be shorther if TCO took some medical help, gave constructive suggestions and stopped self-aggrandisement. From Wordnik.com. [Unthreaded #17 « Climate Audit] Reference
That urban sprawl never had a mayor until Livingstone spotted a "need" aka "job and self-aggrandisement" opportunity. From Wordnik.com. [On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with...] Reference
For the furtherance of his own career and self-aggrandisement, Hain knowingly accepted the work load of two departments. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2008-01-01] Reference
It must be pointed out, however, that man must not use his spiritual powers for selfish purposes and self-aggrandisement. From Wordnik.com. [Within You is the Power] Reference
The fact that you know someone in the security services indicates nothing other than your appetite for self-aggrandisement. From Wordnik.com. [On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with...] Reference
You need only to look at their flashy cars and mansions as proof of their unlimited self-indulgence and self-aggrandisement. From Wordnik.com. [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference
Its purpose is not self-aggrandisement, but the maintenance of your confidence in the Old Country, which is not lagging behind. From Wordnik.com. [The Next Decade] Reference
The public is justified in demanding better service, more respect and greater concern for their needs rather than self-aggrandisement. From Wordnik.com. [Address by President Nelson Mandela to Parliament] Reference
If they seek merely power, fame and self-aggrandisement, then their life, no matter how it may APPEAR otherwise, can be only a failure. From Wordnik.com. [Within You is the Power] Reference
Representatives of unions and staff associations should place the interests of workers ahead of their own ambitions or self-aggrandisement. From Wordnik.com. [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference
He spent the following 18 months neglecting the constituents who put him in Congress running a sustained campaign of unalloyed self-aggrandisement. From Wordnik.com. [Gordon Brown, Charlie Whelan and Me] Reference
The text was crafted for someone who would, without undue self-aggrandisement, suggest that the party needed a new voice, and that it could be his own. From Wordnik.com. [Meet James Purnell: the best hope Labour has of avoiding disaster] Reference
'Connected with his self-aggrandisement, no doubt.'. From Wordnik.com. [The Bishop's Secret] Reference
A blog, an archive and an exercise in self-aggrandisement for. From Wordnik.com. [buggery.org] Reference
A blog, an archive and an exercise in self-aggrandisement for interweb on 13 November 2008 at 16: 42. From Wordnik.com. [buggery.org] Reference
Shame requires self-awareness, not self-aggrandisement, and the latter, our dyspeptic duo have in spades, baby. From Wordnik.com. [The Democratic Daily] Reference
He may use it for self-aggrandisement, or for self-devotion -- though I rather shy at so showy a word as that last. From Wordnik.com. [The History of Sir Richard Calmady A Romance] Reference
We spend very useful time tearing ourselves apart, backstabbing and witch-hunting each other for self-aggrandisement. From Wordnik.com. [Up Station Mountain Club] Reference
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