| 单词 | self-aggrandizement |
| 例句 | But these extravagant numbers were surely a form of self-aggrandizement, and reckless to the point of irresponsibility. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z Though self-aggrandizement was de rigueur among the generalissimos of the time, he remained ever cautious. Circumference 2008-11-25T00:00:00Z “They say that miracles never cease, I’ve created a devastating masterpiece,” rapped Big Bank Hank on “Rapper’s Delight,” a boast that codified one of rap’s central themes -- self-aggrandizement. Big Bank Hank: 'Rapper's Delight' and the Sugarhill Gang's revolution 2014-11-11T05:00:00Z I also saw, after a decade inside an evangelical megachurch, how quickly a genuine hunger for salvation and community could be converted into cash and self-aggrandizement. Kanye West’s Sunday Service Is Full of Longing and Self-Promotion 2019-04-23T04:00:00Z The two things do have elements in common: the litanies of grievances, the insulting of reporters and political rivals, the self-aggrandizement and selective history. President Trump’s Prime-Time Pandemic 2020-03-30T04:00:00Z Now that he’s forty and working as a carpenter, the only thing that matches his self-hatred is his stubborn self-aggrandizement. The Enjoyable Discomfort of Noah Baumbach’s “Greenberg” 2019-11-15T05:00:00Z When I asked about her relationship with them, she was reticent—no anecdotes, no self-aggrandizement. The Librarian of Congress and the Greatness of Humility 2017-02-19T05:00:00Z Mr. Lauder’s gift is for the Met, and for generations of curators and art lovers, more than for his own self-aggrandizement. ‘Cubism: The Leonard A. Lauder Collection,’ Starring Picasso and Braque 2014-10-16T04:00:00Z It quickly becomes apparent, however, that Mr. Wagner sees both worlds as petri dishes for narcissism, self-aggrandizement and the ravenous appetite for fame and renown. Books of The Times: Bruce Wagner’s ‘Empty Chair’ Novellas Explore Guru Territory 2013-12-16T23:03:03Z In one of the stranger twists in self-aggrandizement, Hollywood renders Americans as the antiheroes, which might seem odd given that Hollywood is America’s unofficial ministry of propaganda. Vietnamese Lives, American Imperialist Views, Even in ‘Da 5 Bloods’ 2020-06-24T04:00:00Z The line separating argument from accusation and accusation from self-aggrandizement was murky. In Art and Tennis, Watch Out for the Backhand 2022-03-16T04:00:00Z NBC officials had been warned for some time about Williams’s exaggerations and self-aggrandizement, the network official said. Within NBC, an intense debate over whether to fire Brian Williams 2015-02-11T05:00:00Z To the sold-out 4,700-seat, theater Sheen served amateurish video, undeveloped storytelling and much more of his trademark self-aggrandizement: "warlock" and "winning" and other empty buzzwords. Charlie Sheen delivers messy disaster 2011-04-03T03:16:00Z Mr. Affleck handles his own roles, on camera and behind it, with a noticeable lack of self-aggrandizement. Movie Review: ‘Argo,’ Directed by Ben Affleck 2012-10-11T17:05:05Z The Old Naval Observatory, across 23rd Street, is walled off behind a security cordon, a dour and forbidding no-go zone, and the nearby Peace Institute building is a monument to institutional self-aggrandizement and ugliness. A new front door opens up an insular enclave at State Department 2015-06-12T04:00:00Z Gene Wilder's frank, charming memoir, "Kiss Me Like a Stranger," is refreshingly free from the two major sins of show-biz autobiographies: self-aggrandizement and score-settling. A charming, witty introduction to a 'Stranger' a la Gene Wilder 2016-08-29T04:00:00Z Mr. Parker’s regular readers became familiar with the things that provoke Spenser’s suspicion: showy glamour, ostentatious wealth, self-aggrandizement, fern bars, fancy sports clubs and any kind of haughtiness or presumption. 2010-01-20T07:23:00Z He grew up in Princeton, a childhood of privilege and private boarding schools, where self-aggrandizement and promotion were considered poor form. Robert Mueller is the most unknowable man in Washington 2018-12-14T05:00:00Z In my opinion anything beyond that is self-aggrandizement. No, Democrats aren’t launching a civil war on July 4. But could it happen here again? 2018-07-03T04:00:00Z “Sugar in Our Wounds” is part of a trilogy, called with gentle self-aggrandizement “The Love* Plays,” exploring the neglected history of same-sex relationships among African-Americans. Review: ‘Sugar in Our Wounds’ May Make You Cry About the Past, and the Present 2018-06-20T04:00:00Z The other men, also excellent dancers, attempt to match Mr. Thomas’s onstage self-aggrandizement, but lack his aggressive self-belief. Dance Review: Will Scaramouche Fandango? (And Other Mysteries) 2009-12-17T06:05:00Z His presentation is a textbook example of the art of self-aggrandizement through affected self-effacement. ‘Moby Doc’ Review: He Understands How He’s an Unlikely Pop Star 2021-05-27T04:00:00Z Nautical paintings were powerful vessels for propaganda and communal self-aggrandizement, often commissioned by military leaders involved in particular battles to glorify themselves, the state and the state-supported trading companies they served. Review | NGA’s exhibit of Dutch marine art skates over issues of slavery and colonialism 2018-08-10T04:00:00Z Harvey is irked by Britain’s reassertion of borders, its self-aggrandizement, the gradual slippage of the word “Great,” originally intended to mean the gathering of small principalities, into conservative boosterism and nationalist back-patting. ‘What Pea Disrupts Your Sleep, Princess?’ 2020-05-12T04:00:00Z The niece of Donald Trump, a clinical psychologist, traces the president’s bullying, disrespect, lack of empathy, insecurity and relentless self-aggrandizement to his father’s parenting skills. 50 notable works of nonfiction in 2020 2020-11-16T05:00:00Z Lewis plays Henry as an overgrown adolescent, fueled by hormones, self-aggrandizement and fear while Foy's Anne is less cat's paw than proto-feminist schemer. TV Picks: David Letterman, 'Wolf Hall,' Amy Schumer 2015-05-07T04:00:00Z The film’s virtuosity is evident in every frame, but this is virtuosity without self-aggrandizement. ‘Oppenheimer’ Review: A Man for Our Time 2023-07-19T04:00:00Z In “I Am Not a Woman, I’m a God,” Halsey immediately mocks such self-aggrandizement: “I am not a legend, I’m a fraud.” Backed by Nine Inch Nails, Halsey Connects Past and Future 2021-08-26T04:00:00Z It is saying something that in highly physical interpretations, Ms. Kerr and Mr. Farmer are willing to go as far as their demented characters demand in self-aggrandizement and self-abasement. Review: In ‘Tonight/Jungle’ by Philip Ridley, Darkness Rules 2016-01-29T05:00:00Z A tweet bemoaning the state of the world and sending support to fans would be nice, but much more than that places a star precariously between two unenviable positions, self-aggrandizement and offense. After Orlando, What Are Celebrities' Responsibilities to Their Fans? 2016-06-14T04:00:00Z Male self-aggrandizement is baked into the story’s foundation but not ruinously. Review: The Gorgeous Heartbreak of ‘A Star Is Born’ 2018-10-03T04:00:00Z Later, he and Rihanna warn against mistaking their kindness for weakness, which beyond its characteristic self-aggrandizement – just look at all this kindness! – might be the key to decoding West’s outlook. Justin Bieber and Kanye West: How their charm offensives differ 2015-01-30T05:00:00Z She describes the decision that she and George made to become Communists without any self-aggrandizement or romanticism. When the Oppens Gave Up Art to Fight Fascism 2017-03-08T05:00:00Z The sly question teased in “Unbreakable,” the mystery that sets it apart from run-of-the-mill grandiose superhero fables, is whether Dunn is the real deal or if Glass merely wants a foil worthy of his self-aggrandizement. ‘Glass’ Movie Review: A Nutty Ride With M. Night Shyamalan 2019-01-17T05:00:00Z From the outside, one has the impression that Musk, like Sir Richard Branson before him, wants to succeed to serve his own sense of self-aggrandizement. "Amazon Empire" is PBS' frightening look at Jeff Bezos' relentless capitalist success story 2020-02-19T05:00:00Z In fact, Jay wrote, “absolute monarchs will often make war when their nations are to get nothing by it” — except, of course, to scratch that eternal itch for military glory, revenge or self-aggrandizement. Perspective | The media loved Trump’s show of military might. Are we really doing this again? 2017-04-07T04:00:00Z “I’d learned at a young age to adjust for the self-aggrandizement in my father’s narratives. Problem was, so much of the way I interpret the world has come from the way he interprets it.” Review | How a young writer emerged from a troubled past to a Pulitzer 2018-04-15T04:00:00Z Along with that self-aggrandizement came an annoyingly compulsive gatekeeper-ness on my part, specifically when much of what I'd listened to growing up went mainstream. I saw The Cure with my parents. Here's why I hope they don't end up on TikTok 2023-07-23T04:00:00Z Aggressive, hubristic self-aggrandizement absolutely can and does come at God’s expense, resulting in a stubborn refusal to participate in God’s vision for humanity or even to recognize God’s transcendent power. How LGBTQ love saves Christianity: A priest explains 2016-06-04T04:00:00Z Frum thinks the combination of Trump’s drive for self-aggrandizement and America’s current weaknesses is nothing less than a threat to the democratic order. A Conservative’s Case Against Donald Trump 2018-01-24T05:00:00Z The natural question in response to such self-aggrandizement is "why?" How Bruce Springsteen – and the left – can reclaim and cultivate a vocabulary of patriotism 2021-03-06T05:00:00Z In the past, Mr. McCombs has been uncomfortable and unforthcoming in interviews — he doesn’t like self-aggrandizement — or has preferred they be conducted in unusual ways, such as by mail. Cass McCombs: Imagine Beckett as a Cranky Singer-Songwriter 2016-08-25T04:00:00Z “It was a canny shift of the show’s tone, from epic self-aggrandizement to a more casual, at times even likable, persona,” wrote Steve Johnson for The Chicago Tribune. ArtsBeat: Charlie Sheen Turns Things Around in Chicago 2011-04-04T18:47:54Z One by one they spoke about the need for civility, about repenting for self-aggrandizement, about extending the hand to the vulnerable and disadvantaged. Perspective | ‘How do you get through that whole stuff?’: Donald Trump leads a nation in prayer 2019-05-02T04:00:00Z To, when need be, jeopardize their physical safety for the purposes of his own self-aggrandizement. Let’s dispense with political correctness and talk straight: Donald Trump is a racist 2016-03-15T04:00:00Z It was a canny shift of the show's tone, from epic self-aggrandizement to a more casual, at times even likable, persona. Sheen's show gets makeover 2011-04-04T03:34:00Z “But the buildings reflect a preference for taking old things and renewing them, with restorations and additions. It’s never been about self-aggrandizement.” James Stewart Polshek, Quiet Giant of Modern Architecture, Dies at 92 2022-09-10T04:00:00Z The Martian” has sweep but not the vanity that creeps into many large productions, turning them into bloated vehicles for directorial self-aggrandizement. Review: In ‘The Martian,’ Marooned but Not Alone 2015-10-01T04:00:00Z No American director’s more committed to exposing the smugness and self-aggrandizement of bourgeois urbanites. ‘You Hurt My Feelings’ Review: She Can’t Handle the Truth 2023-05-25T04:00:00Z Mr. McNally’s Callas is a flamboyant, larger-than-life personality, a molten core of fierce pride, anger and despair wrapped in layer upon layer of affectation, self-aggrandizement and withering sarcasm. A Tough Mama Tries to Find Her Inner Diva 2011-06-23T23:07:53Z But there’s also a fair amount of self-aggrandizement, and of Mr. Richards laughing at his own remarks. Review: ‘Keith Richards: Under the Influence,’ in His Own Gravelly Words 2015-09-16T04:00:00Z But, in fact, he does what he does for self-aggrandizement, to make himself feel important. Vince Gilligan: I’ve never Googled “Breaking Bad” 2012-07-23T20:47:00Z Lizzo’s real-time virtuosity and full-time exuberance are welcome correctives, along with her willingness to reclaim funk, soul and gospel, to fill her recordings with live-sounding instruments and to balance self-aggrandizement with campy amusement. Will Lizzo Rule the Grammys Like She Owned 2019? 2020-01-23T05:00:00Z "I'm in it for that more than the self-aggrandizement at this point," he said. Bill O'Reilly brings history to page, screen 2013-06-18T14:36:14Z It is self-aggrandizement that recognizes itself as a weakness and then wants credit for the recognition. The Moral of These Stories? ‘You Are Not as Special as You Think’ 2020-07-07T04:00:00Z Most of his shows have the particular flavor of what Levenson called “his self-hatred mixed with self-aggrandizement.” ‘Fosse/Verdon’ Has Magic to Do. And Undo. 2019-03-29T04:00:00Z Most commendably, Adams focuses on details that serve his larger artistic themes rather than self-aggrandizement. Black, Baptist and gay: One man's journey from to Hollywood, vividly told 2017-06-30T04:00:00Z The Scandinavian virtuoso is all seriousness and intense concentration at the keyboard, and his refusal to emote, or to use this massive and difficult 45-minute score as a vehicle for self-aggrandizement, was admirable. Andsnes' commanding Brahms lifts Muti-less CSO concert out of the ordinary 2011-02-18T16:33:00Z His lies are so breathtaking they shocked even the jaded denizens of Washington, who have a high tolerance for exaggeration and self-aggrandizement. What made George Santos lie so much? Experts weigh in on his deception. 2023-02-02T05:00:00Z In his 91 years, Wright, who suffered a raft of personal tragedies, concocted an intoxicating elixir of a persona, mixing rank self-aggrandizement with no-way-but-forward tenacity. Architecture’s Most Irredeemable Cad 2019-10-01T04:00:00Z Presenting Nyad’s back story largely through archival clips, the film depicts her as a hard-charging force of nature with a penchant for occasional boastfulness and self-aggrandizement. Netflix’s Diana Nyad biopic: What’s fact and what’s fiction? 2023-11-03T04:00:00Z “When we aspire to be a leading power, this is not for self-aggrandizement, but to take on greater responsibility and make more contributions,” he said. India, at UN, is mum about dispute with Canada over Sikh separatist leader’s killing 2023-09-26T04:00:00Z No. Rather are they stuck in, and prefer to remain in, an infinite loop of unfettered self-absorption, self-promotion, self-interestedness, self-indulgence and self-aggrandizement. Not made by great men: Enter the Little Man theory of history 2023-09-10T04:00:00Z He will demonize individuals and groups who fail to serve his current mode of self-aggrandizement. Antisemitism infects Donald Trump, Holocaust experts explain 2023-08-07T04:00:00Z People often talk about Trump lying for self-aggrandizement and about his thirst for others’ lies meant to flatter him. The Trump indictment is a must-read | Charles M. Blow 2023-08-04T04:00:00Z More depression and anxiety are normal responses to the self-aggrandizement of America's institutional professionals and leadership seeking easy culture-war scapegoats instead of confronting – or even acknowledging – disturbing real crises. We've gotten the "teenage mental health crisis" dangerously wrong 2023-07-15T04:00:00Z The cruel irony here is that whistleblowers like Snowden continue to be derided as deviant misfits who are out for fame, profit, revenge or self-aggrandizement. Pentagon leaker Jack Teixeira is nothing like Edward Snowden: He's more like Donald Trump 2023-05-30T04:00:00Z The group reached a delusional peak of self-aggrandizement when former President Donald Trump essentially deputized them as his private militia, telling them to “stand back and stand by” during a 2020 presidential debate. Seattle-area Proud Boy Ethan Nordean and the cracking of a cult 2023-05-06T04:00:00Z "To understand Nixon is to appreciate that his self-aggrandizement was key... to the way he told his life story to himself, an attempt to cast himself as the noble victim not only publicly but privately." Thoughtful pragmatist or unhinged bigot? Why experts are rethinking Nixon's psychopathology 2023-03-18T04:00:00Z A self-styled champion of unions and working people, Sawant eventually drew the ire of unions and working people fed up with her self-aggrandizement. Seattle needs council members whose sole agenda is public service 2023-01-25T05:00:00Z But even by the standards of this era of self-aggrandizement and alternative facts, it is hard to find a case quite like that of George Santos, the newly elected Republican congressman from Long Island. The Lying Congressman 2023-01-06T05:00:00Z But the extravagance of Tudor self-aggrandizement is almost comical, and it wasn’t limited to the orotund Henry plastering his face onto biblical kings. Perspective | Learning an old lesson from the Tudors: Grifters gonna grift 2022-12-30T05:00:00Z Isn’t it long overdue to ban this form of self-aggrandizement that comes at such a high cost to those with whom we share this fragile planet? Opinion | A ban on trophy hunting is long overdue 2022-12-22T05:00:00Z Mr. Trump, as always, is an engine of self-aggrandizement willing to dispose of anything in his way to expand himself. Opinion | Trump will cannibalize the Constitution to feed his ego 2022-12-09T05:00:00Z Davis and Belcher forge an explosive sibling symbiosis, nourished by the gene for self-aggrandizement that Biff and Happy have inherited from their father. Review | A volcanic new ‘Death of a Salesman’ erupts on Broadway 2022-10-09T04:00:00Z I’ve always thought this was self-aggrandizement, but it seems to be increasingly commonplace. Advice | Miss Manners: Why are people applauding themselves onstage? 2022-10-04T04:00:00Z He did come from or visit Saturn, but telling us was a threat, not self-aggrandizement — a macabre promise that Earth is a primitive planet. May the ghost of Sun Ra return to lift the 50-year curse he cast on Los Angeles 2022-07-20T04:00:00Z The Big Ten has apparently decided to prioritize self-aggrandizement over trust. UW faces stark decision in USC-UCLA fallout — leave Pac-12 or be content in declining conference 2022-06-30T04:00:00Z Reynolds’ bubble of self-aggrandizement burst that night thanks to Ronnie, he said. What 40 years of working with homeless people in Seattle has taught the head of Operation Nightwatch 2022-06-08T04:00:00Z “He’s in it for his own self-aggrandizement. His whole schtick about being bipartisan just makes him a DINO. He’s a Democrat in name only.” Column: Fight or find common ground? Oregon race a referendum on the direction of Democrats 2022-05-16T04:00:00Z Yes, self-aggrandizement is rampant, and not just on social media. Advice | Miss Manners: Why are people applauding themselves onstage? 2022-10-04T04:00:00Z Some may see you as a populist savior, but others may be convinced that you’re a huckster, more interested in self-aggrandizement than in actually changing anything. The Great Chicago Gas Giveaway and the Return of Stunt Philanthropy 2022-04-13T04:00:00Z For those authoritarians — from Trump to Putin — their followers are just instruments in their own search for self-aggrandizement. Opinion | Globalization Is Over. The Global Culture Wars Have Begun. 2022-04-08T04:00:00Z Its feints, dodges and sometimes outlandish observations courted autobiographical self-aggrandizement. Review: Netflix's 'The Andy Warhol Diaries' is a love story, not an art story — and that's why it works 2022-03-04T05:00:00Z Thus, his endless attacks on the "Deep State" and, beyond self-aggrandizement, his only truly diligent and, unfortunately, successful work: to divide us from each other. Boy, do we need a "deep state" now — but not the way the Trumpers mean it 2022-01-25T05:00:00Z Most of his tall tales amount to self-aggrandizement, but at least one was damaging to others. Biden caught repeating debunked Amtrak tale in Scranton speech 2021-10-21T04:00:00Z So much of food television — including “Top Chef” — is either demonstrational, analytical, dissective or an excuse for self-aggrandizement, for how cool “so and so” is. That time Padma Lakshmi ate desert woodrat on 'Taste the Nation' 2021-06-15T04:00:00Z He also has a well-known penchant for self-aggrandizement: His 2018 book is called “The Fixer: My Adventures Saving Startups From Death by Politics.” The Wealthy Lobbyist Behind Andrew Yang’s Campaign for Mayor 2021-05-06T04:00:00Z Aside from self-aggrandizement, there was another reason for Buckley's desire to rewrite history. William F. Buckley and the Birchers: A myth, a history lesson and a moral 2021-04-03T04:00:00Z They are so keen on self-aggrandizement that they're completely divorced from reality. Financial author William Cohan on how Trump can make billions — and save himself one more time 2021-02-22T05:00:00Z He is consumed with greed and self-aggrandizement rather than an altruistic desire to help others. Senate Republicans could still save their party from disaster. We already know they won't 2021-02-05T05:00:00Z He was determined to stay in power for reasons of self-preservation and self-aggrandizement. A sweet Thanksgiving after all: America has rebuffed Trump's assault on democracy 2020-11-26T05:00:00Z There will not be an "alternative universe" of false narratives and self-aggrandizement. A new beginning: We will survive our bad breakup with Donald Trump 2020-11-20T05:00:00Z There is no sentiment, however, in favor of a return to the blatant self-aggrandizement and destruction of judicial independence that led voters to reject Mr. Morales a year ago. Opinion | After a year of trials, Bolivia seems to have gotten a do-over. It must make the most of it. 2020-10-22T04:00:00Z Trump’s primary motivations are spite, self-aggrandizement and greed. Opinion | Trump is learning to bend the bureaucracy to his will 2020-08-09T04:00:00Z Let future generations look on this man of self-aggrandizement and be warned. Screen time trumped page time and begat the post-literate president 2020-08-07T04:00:00Z He said that even before the election he was convinced of Mr. Trump’s “dishonesty, unabashed self-aggrandizement and demagogic rhetoric.” Ex-C.I.A. Chief Criticizes Silence of Top Republicans on Russian Interference 2020-07-29T04:00:00Z For her uncle Donald, however, “lying was primarily a mode of self-aggrandizement meant to convince other people he was better than he actually was,” Mary Trump writes. Trump’s worldview forged by neglect and trauma at home, his niece says in new book 2020-07-07T04:00:00Z That a textualist philosophy and a Federalist Society pedigree didn’t restrain him from this self-aggrandizement suggests the conservative legal movement needs either a new theory of its purpose, a new personnel strategy, or both. Opinion | The Tempting of Neil Gorsuch 2020-06-20T04:00:00Z It's clear the only value Trump has ever seen in the coronavirus task force was about using it as a pretext to hijack the daily briefings for a spectacle of self-aggrandizement. Donald Trump is bored: So he's giving up on this pandemic, and thousands more will die 2020-05-06T04:00:00Z With Trump behind the podium, these news conferences will always be full of self-aggrandizement and misinformation. Paula Reid and Kaitlan Collins pop the toddler king's balloon — and he melts down 2020-04-14T04:00:00Z While Trump used the power of the presidency for self-aggrandizement and petty grievances, the governors governed. Opinion | The nation comes together — without Trump 2020-03-25T04:00:00Z Sullivan listed Trump's "self-aggrandizement," "media-bashing" and "exaggeration and outright lies" as things she insists Americans are getting from the White House briefings instead of the "life-or-death information" they need. Washington Post media columnist calls for networks to stop airing Trump's 'dangerous' coronavirus briefings live 2020-03-21T04:00:00Z For instance, Trump was generally out of control again during Thursday morning's news conference, ratcheting up his deflection of responsibility and self-aggrandizement. When will they ever learn? Corporate media is still letting Trump set the agenda 2020-03-20T04:00:00Z Mr. Sanders is accused of self-aggrandizement when his opponents only ask how we pay for his policies while offering no meaningful solutions to inequality. Opinion | Bernie Sanders is staying in the race for the right reasons 2020-03-16T04:00:00Z He could tell him that lying, self-aggrandizement, bullying, passing the buck, and denigrating the people and institutions of our government demeans the office of the presidency. Opinion | What Ryan Zimmerman should say to Trump 2020-03-15T04:00:00Z It’s one of his favorite forms of mockery and self-aggrandizement. AP FACT CHECK: The perils of parodying Trump 2019-12-11T05:00:00Z Yet a kind of self-aggrandizement just as often rules the page. Marriage, Betrayal, and the Letters Behind “The Dolphin” 2019-12-09T05:00:00Z It wasn’t for his own self-aggrandizement that he was in it. Meryl Streep and Dustin Hoffman remember 'All the President's Men' director Alan Pakula 2019-11-15T05:00:00Z Sondland, though, has proved to be an unreliable narrator, subject to massive memory gaps, frequent misstatements and a tendency toward self-aggrandizement. Key impeachment question: What did Trump want from Ukraine – and what exactly did he do? 2019-11-10T05:00:00Z “There’s two pretty simple lenses that explain his motivation around most things, and it’s either self-aggrandizement or self-preservation,” Timothy O’Brien, a Trump biographer and critic, said of the president. Trump obfuscates, misleads and exaggerates to make his case against impeachment 2019-10-10T04:00:00Z Yet his reputation for self-aggrandizement followed him to Washington. He Was Trump’s First Fan in Congress. Now He’s a Felon. 2019-10-08T04:00:00Z Policy differences aside — and there are many — people in Denmark tend to dislike self-aggrandizement and ostentatious displays of wealth, hallmarks of Mr. Trump’s. Denmark’s Leader Didn’t Want a Fight With Trump. She Got One Anyway. 2019-08-22T04:00:00Z Even for a bottomless pit of narcissism like Donald Trump, Wednesday was an exceptional day for self-aggrandizement. Evangelicals told Trump he was "chosen" by God. Now he says it himself 2019-08-22T04:00:00Z “I could do without all the self-aggrandizement and fanfare. And yet, having said that, what he’s doing is super important.” Silicon Valley’s Crisis of Conscience 2019-08-19T04:00:00Z Instead, Sawant’s divisive rhetoric, self-aggrandizement and incessant use of council chambers as a soapbox are making the council less functional, less professional and less welcoming to many ordinary citizens. The Times recommends: Egan Orion for Seattle City Council, District 3 2019-07-10T04:00:00Z Enough of the chaos, the division, the schoolyard insults, the self-aggrandizement, the corruption, and especially the lies. Editorial Roundup: Excerpts from recent editorials 2019-06-19T04:00:00Z The two strongest impulses in the president’s personality is self-aggrandizement and self-pity. Monday's Mini-Report, 6.17.19 2019-06-17T04:00:00Z This is a country where any whiff of self-aggrandizement is regarded as proof of deep-seated personal inadequacy. Perspective | A British boor is just Trump with a posh accent and veneer of ironic detachment 2019-05-30T04:00:00Z But Galaxy’s Edge is the park’s biggest change since Disney California Adventure in 2001, and of all the addictions, including self-aggrandizement, that my generation bequeathed me, the one I can’t quit is Disneyland. My sordid Disneyland past: Confessions of a Magic Kingdom popcorn man 2019-05-31T04:00:00Z For all his obliviousness and self-aggrandizement, Beto does not seem craven or calculating. Who anointed Beto O'Rourke to be our political saviour? He did | Moira Donegan 2019-03-22T04:00:00Z The definition of a winning Democrat may be that, in response to Trump’s rambling circus of self-aggrandizement, he or she could create a genuinely coherent new political order. Opinion | We may be headed toward a political realignment 2019-03-12T04:00:00Z It works very hard to resist oversimplification, self-aggrandizement, unearned sentiment and triumphant anthems — in other words, all of a musical’s natural tendencies. Review: 'Witness Uganda' at the Wallis will have you on your feet 2019-02-13T05:00:00Z If Reagan ever engaged in self-aggrandizement, it was only for a political end – not a personal one, as is the case with Trump. Reagan vs. Trump: Two entertainer-politicians compared 2019-02-05T05:00:00Z Knowing this, here’s hoping that Judge Amy Berman Jackson, in the near term, slaps Stone with a gag order to keep him from further polluting the atmosphere with his self-aggrandizement and deliberately manufactured BS. Roger Stone is more than a toxic clown: He's a danger to democracy 2019-01-29T05:00:00Z Tucker Carlson, an unstinting Trump booster, used the anonymity of a German-language weekly to put on the record that he questions Trump’s competence, knowledge, self-aggrandizement and personnel choices. Opinion | Don’t blame the rats abandoning the USS Trump 2018-12-31T05:00:00Z What made the Trump Foundation unusual was how little else it did, and how little anyone involved in it appeared to care about anything, other than Trump’s self-aggrandizement. Opinion | Trump doesn’t seem to value anything — except himself 2018-12-21T05:00:00Z There was no hubris, no self-aggrandizement, no Me, Me, Me. Bush’s Coffin Arrives at Capitol, Where the Former President Will Lie in State 2018-12-03T05:00:00Z It doesn’t help that in the 11 years since, this mass-entertainment conglomerate has ballooned to ever more unwieldy proportions, which may explain why the princess bit here plays like self-aggrandizement masquerading as self-deprecation. Review: It has wit and energy to burn, but 'Ralph Breaks the Internet' takes a cynical turn - Los Angeles Times 2018-11-14T05:00:00Z Why do their practitioners spew anger and hatred and flaunt their lifestyles of self-aggrandizement? Trump’s Supreme Court justices can free us from two worst judicial decisions 2018-11-04T04:00:00Z The great general, lacking a time machine, couldn’t tweet about his wonderfulness, but he exploited every other means of self-aggrandizement then available. Review | MacArthur’s narcissistic failures on the battlefield of the Korean War 2018-10-18T04:00:00Z It tells us that after a year on the world stage the president’s self-aggrandizement has made him a global figure of fun. Trump at United Nations puts ego first, America last 2018-09-27T04:00:00Z Reading Daniels’s book, I found myself alternately appreciating her crass and self-aware humor, and cringing at her shameless self-aggrandizement. Review | Stormy Daniels’s memoir: Funny, vulgar, brash and believable 2018-09-20T04:00:00Z Brennan issued a statement later that day describing Trump’s appearance as a “despicable display of self-aggrandizement.” ‘The Apprentice’ book excerpt: At CIA’s ‘Russia House,’ growing alarm about 2016 election interference 2018-09-18T04:00:00Z After going to the gym to burn off steam, Brennan drafted a statement decrying Trump’s “despicable display of self-aggrandizement,” which Nick Shapiro, his former deputy chief of staff at the C.I.A., e-mailed to news organizations. John Brennan’s Choice to Confront Trump 2018-08-20T04:00:00Z He spent decades honing his self-aggrandizement in the pages of the New York tabloids and on local television. Trump and the Enemies of the People 2018-08-15T04:00:00Z And several Republicans, including some allies of the Kochs, accused them of self-aggrandizement. Charles Koch Takes On Trump. Trump Takes On Charles Koch. 2018-07-31T04:00:00Z “In addition, neither the tweet nor the column constituted covert propaganda, purely partisan communications, or self-aggrandizement.” GAO watchdog: Energy Dept. broke law with anti-Obamacare tweet 2018-07-26T04:00:00Z Trump is wrong for this country in so many different ways such as his egotism, his self-aggrandizement, his gross ignorance, his unwillingness to learn basic facts about the issues that he's talking about. Historian Rick Shenkman on Donald Trump: “All the worst things in American history piled togeth... 2018-07-23T04:00:00Z Observers accused the CEO of narcissism and self-aggrandizement and derided his incessant submarine-tweeting as a failed PR stunt. Opinion | We’re finally getting sick of the Kylie Jenners of the world 2018-07-17T04:00:00Z Pruitt was a mess all right, but he was also a mirror, reflecting a boss for whom governing is an act of epic self-aggrandizement. Opinion | Scott Pruitt, Gone but Not Forgotten 2018-07-05T04:00:00Z Scott Pruitt’s agenda of self-aggrandizement was so ambitious that I really did wonder if he was inoculated from punishment, just as he was immune from shame. Scott Pruitt: The fall of the king of the grifters 2018-07-06T04:00:00Z The lines between self-aggrandizement, self-pity, and xenophobia are rarely as smudged as they are at a Trump rally. Never Mind the Children. In Duluth, Trump Celebrates Himself 2018-06-21T04:00:00Z Even discounting for Trump’s normal petulance and self-aggrandizement, there may have been an element of truth in what he said. Opinion | He was fired 10 months ago, but Stephen K. Bannon has won 2018-06-17T04:00:00Z There is just one important exception: The only category in which Trump believes is boundless self-aggrandizement. Trump: most disruptive global start-up entrepreneur ever 2018-06-16T04:00:00Z Bush was resolutely undemonstrative, drilled from childhood to avoid bragging, self-satisfaction or, worst of all, self-aggrandizement. Opinion | President George H.W. Bush is an extraordinary example for our times 2018-06-11T04:00:00Z But it’s hard not to see Trudeau’s penchant for penitence as a particularly Canadian form of self-aggrandizement – humble-bragging about how bad you feel. Is Canada apologising too much? | Linda Besner 2018-05-16T04:00:00Z Just enough truth mixed with self-aggrandizement to appeal to a man in his early 20s. Opinion | The Warrior at the Mall 2018-04-14T04:00:00Z A self-effacing smirk in the face of social media's self-aggrandizement? Soccer Mommy's 'Clean' finds vitality in '90s-era sounds 2018-02-28T05:00:00Z His larger point is that many men’s need for self-aggrandizement, for confirmation about our prowess — what he called the “narcissism of male desire” — shows just how fragile the construct of manhood can be. Opinion | Real Men Get Rejected, Too 2018-02-24T05:00:00Z I fear this is not as far fetched as it sounds given the political climate of disunity and Trump's penchant for conspiracy and self-aggrandizement. Kenya’s Political Turmoil Is a Tale of Fathers and Sons 2018-02-20T05:00:00Z Adding insult to injury, the current secretary of the VA is abusing his position for self-aggrandizement, blithely fiddling along while Rome burns. Report Faults V.A. Secretary Shulkin Over Travel to Europe 2018-02-14T05:00:00Z Ms. Pelosi at this point is working for her own self-aggrandizement rather than for the good of the Democratic Party. Nancy Pelosi Wants to Take Back the House. But She Faces a More Urgent Test. 2018-02-11T05:00:00Z No, this is an era full of self-aggrandizement and devoid of shame or decorum. California Editorial Rdp 2018-01-10T05:00:00Z To this day most Americans, including many Democrats, think this was a ridiculous piece of self-aggrandizement. Review | How government has been — and can be — the solution 2017-12-22T05:00:00Z One neuroscientist I spoke to referred with mild disapproval to her “self-aggrandizement.” To Unlock the Brain’s Mysteries, Purée It 2017-12-14T05:00:00Z Trump may not care, whether accepting a bit of self-aggrandizement or dismissing the reporting by news organizations he commonly calls fake. Is Wilbur Ross still President Trump’s ‘go-to guy’? 2017-12-08T05:00:00Z Tillerson has been frustrated by the slow pace and inefficiency of government, as well as what he has complained to friends is a culture of backstabbing and self-aggrandizement. White House plan to oust Tillerson could elevate Trump loyalist Pompeo 2017-11-30T05:00:00Z All other sutras are provisional teachings that were grasped at by people who wanted their own followers and became priests for power and self-aggrandizement. Opinion | Buddhism Is More ‘Western’ Than You Think 2017-11-06T05:00:00Z Mr. Trump’s salvo of tweets on Thursday as the island struggled with devastation — suggesting people were ingrates responsible for much of their suffering — set a new low, even meaner than his usual harangues and self-aggrandizement. Opinion | A Disaster in the White House for Puerto Rico 2017-10-12T04:00:00Z When confronted with an opportunity for self-aggrandizement, Trump is eager to hype hurricanes. Trump on hurricanes: 'I never even knew a Category 5 existed' 2017-09-15T04:00:00Z Bashed a former columnist for this newspaper: “As near as I can tell, the only important thing the Citizens for More Important Things have in mind is attaining a level of self-aggrandizement …” Calling baloney on all that: Our town naysayer was right all along about the stadium swindle 2017-09-13T04:00:00Z “He did not engage in these activities for political reasons, but rather for amusement and self-aggrandizement which he sought to achieve through harassment and causing fear,” Mr. Boente said. ‘Crackas with Attitude’ hacker Justin Liverman sentenced over targeting of U.S. officials 2017-09-08T04:00:00Z Like him, I think they took increasingly thankless jobs in the Trump administration not for self-aggrandizement but rather out of concern for the national interest. Opinion | The generals have Trump surrounded 2017-08-23T04:00:00Z Though “the Mooch” had been relatively understated in Sunday’s appearance, he couldn’t resist a little self-aggrandizement. Anthony Scaramucci owns some mistakes, criticizes Stephen Bannon on ABC's 'This Week' 2017-08-13T04:00:00Z While there is nothing inherently wrong with accumulating wealth, it should be used to serve God and care for God’s creatures, not for self-aggrandizement. Opinion | This essay on wealth ignored Jewish law on giving and service 2017-08-03T04:00:00Z But Cain met the same fate Monday afternoon; his buffoonery, self-aggrandizement and foul mouth caused him to be sacked after just 10 days on the job. Opinion | The Mooch takes a fall of biblical proportions 2017-07-31T04:00:00Z Through a spokesman, Mr. Brennan called the speech a “despicable display of self-aggrandizement” and added that Mr. Trump “should be ashamed of himself.” John Brennan set to detail Russian election meddling to Congress 2017-05-23T04:00:00Z The Trump Administration is dealing with a regime whose capacity for self-deceiving self-aggrandizement exceeds its own. Each may play on the other’s daydreams, and each can make them explode. Donald Trump, North Korea, and the Case of the Phantom Armada 2017-04-19T04:00:00Z While “Assange and his ilk” claim they act in the name of liberty and privacy, Pompeo said that in reality, their mission is “personal self-aggrandizement through the destruction of Western values.” CIA director takes negative tone on group Trump has praised 2017-04-14T04:00:00Z I am firmly of the opinion that LaVar Ball is an overbearing colossal bragger whose only concern is his own self-aggrandizement. Letters: Will Steve Alford take, er, leave his Balls and go home? 2017-03-24T04:00:00Z Not to mention the hypocrisy of lies and self-aggrandizement from an unrelenting narcissist with no ability to temper his own apparent madness. Memo to the media: Here’s how not to cover the president 2017-03-20T04:00:00Z In the case of Trump it’s self-aggrandizement, in the case of others who are associated with him, it’s probably enrichment and the implementation of a destructive ideology. Total resistance or selective engagement? Economist Gerald Epstein on how progressives should counter Trumponomics 2017-02-26T05:00:00Z Through a spokesman, Mr. Brennan called the speech a “despicable display of self-aggrandizement” and that Mr. Trump “should be ashamed of himself.” Trump, U.S. intel battle after Flynn ouster leaving allies around world unnerved 2017-02-15T05:00:00Z He is a parody, a simulacrum of masculinity conjured by self-loathing and self-aggrandizement, a reflection of the tormented, contradictory state of contemporary men, the Red Pill made flesh. What are men to do in the age of Trump? 2017-02-03T05:00:00Z The school’s ethos discourages self-aggrandizement or drawing attention to oneself, and Ryan remains one of the most low-key superstars in the league. Before Many a Star’s Ascent, a Quiet Grounding in the Quaker Way 2017-02-01T05:00:00Z A core element of our stature abroad is that our government doesn't tolerate the corruption and self-aggrandizement which distinguish Russia, China, and third-world autocracies. Potential Conflicts Around the Globe for Trump, the Businessman President 2016-11-26T05:00:00Z Maybe he should imagine humility and graciousness; envision not biting the hand that’s fed him; experiment with a character void of self-aggrandizement. Letters: How to end a season smelling like a Rose 2017-01-06T05:00:00Z But the ostentatious gold lettering, the unsubtle cherry red ties, the beauty pageant wife, the overt self-aggrandizement everywhere, the fake tanner: this is beer taste on a champagne budget. Trump has a life many aspire to. That's one reason people voted him | Justin Gest 2016-12-16T05:00:00Z For example, some true narcissists are obsessed with helping other people — kind of self-aggrandizement through martyrdom. Narcissists are everywhere — but they may not be the people you think they are 2016-10-07T04:00:00Z Rather than an upstart seeking sage guidance on their own path, Mr. Koechner believes the question is not so much about self-improvement as it self-aggrandizement. David Koechner of ‘Anchorman’ and ‘SNL’ brings standup comedy to Arlington Drafthouse 2016-09-23T04:00:00Z At the same time, Mr. Gudkov showed that Russians are well aware of the Putin cabal’s self-aggrandizement. ‘Strongman’ Putin is so fragile, he’s cracking down on polling 2016-09-13T04:00:00Z Cohn continued to mentor young Donald in important lessons of self-aggrandizement, the most important of which is that all publicity is good publicity. Portrait of a comical, chilling and somewhat sad Donald Trump 2016-08-18T04:00:00Z It “allows us to do the very best we can…without being concerned with self-aggrandizement,” he said. Forrest Mars Jr., Former Co-President of Food Giant, Dies at 84 2016-07-27T04:00:00Z His life’s work has been self-aggrandizement, not real estate, and all those years of practice served him well when he turned to politics. The GOP’s coronation of a charlatan 2016-07-18T04:00:00Z That leaves in a democracy only the healthier electorate to benefit from experience, to learn the hard truth that change for Main St. economic misery does not flow from the crude self-aggrandizement of billionaire Trumpery. Narcissist in chief: The danger of having Donald “Citizen” Trump in the White House 2016-06-11T04:00:00Z Hughes’s “publicity stunt” recklessly endangered others in what Kollar-Kotelly called an act of “self-aggrandizement.” Gyrocopter pilot who landed at U.S. Capitol sentenced to four months in prison 2016-04-20T04:00:00Z That’s why Trump’s humor is based on self-aggrandizement, such as when he interviewed himself in a mirror on “The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon.” Voters like pols who can laugh at themselves. Why can’t these candidates pull it off? 2016-03-04T05:00:00Z For once, this ABC broadcast needed to strike a balance between its usual bounty of self-aggrandizement and a rare show of remorse for Hollywood’s glaring lack of inclusion. Review: Rock rocks with Oscars monologue; show’s a snooze 2016-02-29T05:00:00Z Time to get out of their bubble and self-aggrandizement and take their place in the world. Apple’s Privacy Fight Tests Relationship With White House 2016-02-26T05:00:00Z He was atrocious at bragging in a year when self-aggrandizement was king. Voters Might Not Miss Jeb Bush, but Campaign Reporters Will 2016-02-22T05:00:00Z He quickly made sure to rub out the trace of self-aggrandizement. Meet the New Hampshire newspaper publisher who’s at war with Donald Trump 2016-01-21T05:00:00Z And none of it would be possible without the Trumpian mix of self-aggrandizement, insults, and red meat for his crowds. The 5 Essential Elements of a Donald Trump Stump Speech 2016-01-13T05:00:00Z Nobody in this chain of self-aggrandizement and back-patting really believes it's legitimate. The Martian won the Golden Globe for Best Comedy because everything is a lie 2016-01-10T05:00:00Z This is a time when the essence of leadership is clarity and restraint — when even politicians should put aside their usual braggadocio and self-aggrandizement for the good of the country. Donald Trump undermines our fight against the Islamic State 2015-11-24T05:00:00Z A branch of the Islamic State claimed responsibility, but there was no immediate confirming evidence, leaving open the possibility that the assertion was terrorist self-aggrandizement. Your Weekend Briefing: Syria, Sinai, Hillary Clinton, World Series 2015-11-01T04:00:00Z A world that emphasizes self-aggrandizement and secularism is cause for great concern.” The Latest: ‘Christianity is under attack,’ Mormons told 2015-10-03T04:00:00Z They are distinctively Trumpian: his incessant need for self-aggrandizement, his reflexive intolerance for being disrespected. A dangerous brew 2015-09-08T04:00:00Z "Think about some funny lines regarding your hair, wealth, and penchant for self-aggrandizement," suggested The Brookings Institute' Darrell West in a blog post dispensing debate advice to Trump. The Secret to Winning the First GOP Debate 2015-08-06T04:00:00Z “These people have no idea that the F.A.A. even exists, let alone what the regulations are. They are just having fun and looking for some kind of self-aggrandizement or some fame on YouTube.” Hobby Drones Hinder California Firefighting Efforts 2015-07-19T04:00:00Z “The Speechwriter” is a remarkable political memoir, trafficking neither in score-settling nor self-aggrandizement but simply revealing what the author saw and learned. 23 books we’ve loved so far this year Trump can do without “The Celebrity Apprentice,” a fading show that served his all-consuming desire for self-aggrandizement. Column: Time for golf powers to stand up to Donald Trump 2015-07-02T04:00:00Z Christie’s id – which lurks under the surface with the depth and subtlety of a lurid red salami beneath one layer of Saran wrap – operates on a default playground-bully level of self-gratification, self-aggrandizement and opponent-punishment. The only person who really loves Chris Christie ... is Chris Christie | Jeb Lund 2015-06-30T04:00:00Z He’s not interested in real problems and real suffering; he’s interested in being seen, in finding a stage for his self-aggrandizement. The Christian right’s raging id: What Franklin Graham’s latest vile comments reveal 2015-06-15T04:00:00Z "It's because I am a fighter," Blatter would add in a typical touch of light self-aggrandizement. At 79, Blatter decides it's time to go 2015-06-02T04:00:00Z Season 3 was marked with the continuity of heavy-handed leadership, merciless divisiveness, and self-aggrandizement. Best Sound Bites From House Of Cards Season 3 2015-03-02T05:00:00Z Others saw Williams’s false reports as outright lies for self-aggrandizement, while still others conceded that sometimes stories change in the retelling. Why did Brian Williams do it? 2015-02-10T05:00:00Z For all the self-aggrandizement that dribbled from his mouth, Ray believes, “he never took himself seriously and was amazed when others did.” Photographer Who Captured Real-Life "Big Eyes" Couple Reflects on His Subjects 2015-02-04T05:00:00Z At Super Bowl Media Day, a panoply of frivolity and self-aggrandizement, Kraft was asked whether he had spoken with his good pal, commissioner Goodell, about the investigation. Seahawks vs. Patriots: What the national media say about Super Bowl 2015-01-28T05:00:00Z For Max, an astronomer at the University of California, Santa Cruz, self-aggrandizement would be — unbusinesslike. Astronomy: Laser focus 2015-01-20T05:00:00Z Those who have worked for Kroenke see a demanding boss with no interest in self-aggrandizement. Stan Kroenke finishes what he starts; will finish line be in L.A.? 2015-01-17T05:00:00Z But while McConnell’s self-aggrandizement is funny, it’s also scary, because it’s a symptom of his party’s epistemic closure. Voodoo time machine 2015-01-11T05:00:00Z But while Mr. McConnell’s self-aggrandizement is funny, it’s also scary, because it’s a symptom of his party’s epistemic closure. Paul Krugman Is Most Unfair To Mitch McConnell Here 2015-01-09T05:00:00Z A friend wrote of it, “it’s a tough slog of logical fallacies, inappropriate analogies, self-aggrandizement and exclamation points.” Why the all-weather portfolio is a wash-out He had again reached the top of the hypothetical media-political world, the one filled with speculation, strategy and self-aggrandizement. Chris Christie Is Back 2014-11-20T05:00:00Z “But what if you invested in a different sort of work, one worthy of your new boss’s attention and approval? “In my experience, glad-handing self-aggrandizement is rarely an effective technique,” Mr. Godin continued. Self-Promotion, but With Self-Respect 2014-11-14T05:00:00Z ONE OF THE MOST important functions of constitutional government is to limit the government’s power and guide it in useful directions, not for self-aggrandizement. A Big Fed Is Big Government 2014-11-05T05:00:00Z Almost as soon as James and Nowitzki made headlines with their comments, former Chicago Bulls legend and current Charlotte Hornets owner Michael Jordan responded with a mix of criticism, self-aggrandizement and economic realism: To improve basketball the NBA should shorten the regular season 2014-10-22T04:00:00Z But Bharara, who learned self-aggrandizement at the feet of the master, Chuck Schumer, knows well that putting rich Wall Street types in jail in the age of Occupy would garner flattering attention. New York's top cop: the sheriff of Wall Street or a gun for future hire? 2014-10-10T04:00:00Z The principle of self-protection and self-aggrandizement holds in almost every area of bureaucratic regulation. Growth 2014-09-02T04:00:00Z Societies get into trouble when it becomes easier for people to achieve their goals of self-aggrandizement by means that do not make society wealthier and more prosperous, but rather make it poorer. The "Income Inequality" Debate Is Not About Income Inequality 2014-07-03T04:00:00Z He was also put off by self-aggrandizement he’d seen in other doctors in Wrong’s shows, and he was noticeably low-key dealing with his patient on-air. Med series producer directly sees impact of work 2014-06-23T04:00:00Z Those who claim, he wrote, that he and the church had not protected children were “simply evil, wrong, immoral and seemingly focused on their own self-aggrandizement.” Gotham: A Church So Poor It Has to Close Schools, Yet So Rich It Can Build a Palace 2014-02-20T02:01:07Z But, it’s not about self-promotion or self-aggrandizement of any sort; it’s about learning. Selfish Tweeting 2013-11-08T09:50:00Z In the view of advocates of civil liberties, both men performed acts of supreme self-sacrifice, but there is an unavoidable appearance of self-aggrandizement as well. Whistle-Blowers in Limbo, Neither Hero Nor Traitor 2013-07-31T17:04:56Z And outsized ambition to use them for self-aggrandizement. Super Bad: 10 Best Movie Supervillains 2013-05-07T11:00:00Z And we learn from them, hopefully not to exaggerate the self-aggrandizement of runaway fame. On Basketball: Lessons From a LeBron James Hug 2013-01-31T01:41:45Z "We're letting everyone know that the 'Bank of Cuban' is open," Cuban said Monday night, because nothing says sincerity like third-person self-aggrandizement. SuperSonics may return to Seattle, while Knicks take NBA to London 2013-01-15T15:00:53Z Sometimes the motive is self-aggrandizement, or to promote a personal or political agenda. Former C.I.A. Officer Is the First to Face Prison for a Classified Leak 2013-01-05T17:47:18Z In recent years, however, Mr. Herzog was accused of suppressing competing versions of the climb for his own self-aggrandizement. Maurice Herzog, 93, Dies; Led Historic Himalaya Climb 2012-12-15T03:54:26Z The player's attitude should be selfless with his team's best interest in mind - not self-aggrandizement. The Quad: How the Heisman Came to Be 2012-12-07T18:19:26Z He brings up recently deceased art critic Robert Hughes, who once interviewed him and called Hirst’s art “a cruddy game for the self-aggrandizement of the rich and the ignorant.” Damien Hirst: Jumping the Shark 2012-11-21T20:42:23Z Three main reasons: French grandiosity, German shame, and a universal law of bureaucratic self-aggrandizement. Who Lost the Euro? 2012-05-24T10:00:40Z History proves she has been ineradicably selfish; hence her success, a sophist may say, but there is something higher than self-aggrandizement, the success of giving her strength to reforming the abuses she proclaims. Heroic Spain 2012-03-26T02:00:38.797Z There is no doubt that a certain kind of benevolence would greatly miss the gratification and self-aggrandizement experienced in the relief of poverty and suffering. A Review of the Systems of Ethics Founded on the Theory of Evolution 2012-03-17T02:01:00.033Z But there’s a thin, perilous line between the organization’s brand of righteousness and simple self-aggrandizement. Why You Should Feel Awkward About the 'Kony2012' Video 2012-03-08T12:35:41Z There is a marked socializing influence evident in the fact that a child is chosen by the other children for the good of the group and not for self-aggrandizement or partiality toward a friend. The Dramatization of Bible Stories An experiment in the religious education of children 2012-03-03T03:00:18.597Z With a love of country that was above party-spirit, with a magnanimity that knew no self-aggrandizement, he led the States out of their difficulties. Famous American Statesmen 2012-03-01T03:00:26.167Z At such a time and amid such surroundings, a generous measure of self-aggrandizement would have seemed quite warranted and well sustained. Abraham Lincoln's Cardinal Traits; A Study in Ethics, with an Epilogue Addressed to Theologians 2012-01-17T03:00:21.120Z In the silence of his bedroom, far from mankind, influenced by the lonely mystery of the small hours of the night, which puts a certain vagueness in things and ideas, he felt an enormous self-aggrandizement. The Enemies of Women (Los enemigos de la mujer) 2012-01-02T03:00:27.980Z God being what He is, at once moral and all-powerful, the immoral life is doomed to overthrow, whether the immorality consist in grasping rapacity, proud self-aggrandizement, cruel exaction, exulting triumph or senseless idolatry. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 7 "Gyantse" to "Hallel" 2011-12-26T03:00:11.613Z If a man will mingle with the world for the purpose of self-aggrandizement, he must make up his mind to endure the sad consequences. Notes on the Book of Genesis 2011-11-05T02:00:10.317Z The motives of self-aggrandizement by force of arms appear to be innate in human nature. Martyria or Andersonville Prison 2011-10-22T02:00:28.563Z But jealous seekers after self-aggrandizement plotted against his rule and even attempted his life. The History of Cuba, vol. 2 2011-10-11T02:01:01.423Z Besides the main theme, ambition, and the chief object, self-aggrandizement, are various incidental themes and objects which naturally arise out of the circumstances and conditions of the play. Vondel's Lucifer 2011-10-09T02:00:28.557Z Shall we send them back to the limbo of self-aggrandizement or shall we carve out new paths for the development of character in our American citizens? The Express Companies of the United States A Study of a Public Utility 2011-08-11T02:00:14.563Z Maybe he’s aware that his juvenile self-aggrandizement threatens to bring the nation to its knees -- and just doesn’t care. Eric Cantor: A debt ceiling shonda 2011-07-22T11:45:00Z Noble man! you have proved by these acts that humanity is not a mendacious idol, and that devotion to humanity is not a mere matter of gain and self-aggrandizement. Martyria or Andersonville Prison 2011-10-22T02:00:28.563Z An excuse for murder, tyranny or for self-aggrandizement. The Roycroft Dictionary Concocted by Ali Baba and the Bunch on Rainy Days. 2011-07-02T02:00:10.980Z Then in classic Dylan style, he ends with a head-shaking blend of wry humor and self-aggrandizement. Bob Dylan Defends His Trip To China 2011-05-13T12:37:47Z Since the days of the Ciompi riot they had pursued one line of self-aggrandizement by siding with the plebeians in their quarrels with the oligarchs. Renaissance in Italy: Italian Literature Part 1 (of 2) 2011-04-09T02:00:14.990Z Wall Street’s reckless self-aggrandizement and persistent joblessness aside, there’s no reason to think it has. What they really mean by "American exceptionalism" 2011-04-08T12:30:00Z They required self-aggrandizement and profit, and beneath the cloak of Principle they hid their unworthy desires from the searchlight of publicity. The Way of the Strong 2011-04-07T02:00:21.387Z I am confident that you will see him for the patriot he is, a young man with a moral backbone whose goal was not self-aggrandizement or profit or even attention and glory. Why Bradley Manning is a patriot, not a criminal 2011-02-10T18:30:00Z In a way there is more emphasis on markets and self-aggrandizement in the context of health care, and that has led to some of the problems we have today. Health Care, Uncertainty and Morality 2010-08-13T14:21:00Z In a review of the book, Woodward criticized the "arrogant and combative" broadcaster for "self-aggrandizement" in telling his career's tales. Daniel Schorr, veteran CBS and CNN reporter and NPR news analyst, dead at 93 2010-07-24T04:00:00Z Politics and junk, self-aggrandizement and social activism, the phony and the genuine, the mad and the sweet. Baird: Why Historians Salivate Over Twitter 2010-04-22T16:22:00Z "It's typical Schumer — he doesn't care about collateral damage; he only cares about self-aggrandizement." Schumer, Durbin Senate Fight: Dems Vie for Reid's Seat 2010-03-11T20:20:00Z Mr. Bledsoe suggests that his son may be trying to fulfill a sense of martyrdom; some experts say it may be a form of self-aggrandizement. 2010-02-17T04:10:00Z His moral character, however, was not on a level with his intellectual, self-aggrandizement being the main aim of his life. The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 3 Atrebates to Bedlis His career was not tarnished with bold strides of misguided ambition or base attempts at self-aggrandizement. Sages and Heroes of the American Revolution But even in this society, Sonnenkamp thought only of advancing his own plans of self-aggrandizement. Villa Eden: The Country-House on the Rhine Anger, fear, resignation, and greedy little thoughts of self-aggrandizement. The Honored Prophet To further insure this trifling piece of self-aggrandizement she was defraying the whole of the expenses for the demolishment of the aged landmark of the valley. The Law-Breakers "That is a question," he replied, "which the rank and file of either army could not have answered, though of course the leaders had their personal schemes to subserve,—schemes of self-aggrandizement." Aztec Land They have attempted to replace honesty by camouflage, the golden rule by self-aggrandizement. Creating Capital Money-making as an aim in business He was rich, powerful, bullying, a man whose self-aggrandizement knew no limit, whose merest whim was his law, whose will must not be thwarted. Tharon of Lost Valley If any one had told her that here, by this same desire for self-aggrandizement, or, to call it by its more common name of popularity, Susan had fallen, she would have been astonished indeed. Miss Ashton's New Pupil A School Girl's Story How little likely then was an old man to embark on such a desperate venture for self-aggrandizement merely. The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 07 She had never heard anything yet discussed save on the principle of self-pleasing or self-aggrandizement; here, self-spending was the axiom on which all the problems were worked. Hopes and Fears or, scenes from the life of a spinster They were men who thought along the lines of duty, not along the lines of self-aggrandizement. America First Patriotic Readings There was more in it to him than the withholding of credit which belonged to an obscure old man, or the self-aggrandizement of a pompous braggart. The Man from the Bitter Roots All others are, generally speaking, those animated by purely personal motives, self-aggrandizement, or personal gain. In Tune with the Infinite or, Fullness of Peace, Power, and Plenty But the world manages its religion in such a way as not to interfere with its self-aggrandizement; but, in fact, to promote it. Love to the Uttermost Expositions of John XIII.-XXI. He has held up a new ideal, shown them that unselfish service to their country is infinitely nobler than an ambition for self-aggrandizement. Pushing to the Front A man of the iron integrity of Cobden found himself necessarily in opposition to a man of popularity and self-aggrandizement, like Palmerston. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 17, No. 100, February, 1866 Emphasizing our solemn declaration as a nation, that this was a war for humanity, not for self-aggrandizement, we demand no money indemnity from the defeated and impoverished foe. Something of Men I Have Known With Some Papers of a General Nature, Political, Historical, and Retrospective The word business was stretched to cover a multitude of sins; the new dictionary of self-aggrandizement concealed a spurious gospel of intrigue and treason. A Dream of Empire Or, The House of Blennerhassett What can law, what can selfish greed, what can self-aggrandizement and the most pitiless ambition effect against men who own to such discipline as this? The Chief Legatee The infinite throne was unveiled as a throne of infinite self-aggrandizement. The Investment of Influence A Study of Social Sympathy and Service We have no confidence in President Roberts of Liberia, believing him to be wholly without principle—seeking only self-aggrandizement; even should it be done, over the ruined prospects of his staggering infant country. The Condition, Elevation, Emigration, and Destiny of the Colored People of the United States This pseudo-art, this self-aggrandizement usually dies a natural death before the age of thirty. Ancient Art and Ritual If Winthrop kept his old plans of self-aggrandizement, it was at the bottom of his heart; he looked and acted nothing but the farmer, all those months. Hills of the Shatemuc Popularity, self-aggrandizement, aught that can darken in any degree our spirituality, must be set aside. Pulpit and Press He would do so, however, without any thought of self-aggrandizement. Bolshevism The Enemy of Political and Industrial Democracy From this review it sufficiently appears that the condition of things, both in Syria and Bactria, was favorable to any aspirations which the power that lay between them might entertain after dominion and self-aggrandizement. The Seven Great Monarchies Of The Ancient Eastern World, Vol 6. (of 7): Parthia The History, Geography, And Antiquities Of Chaldaea, Assyria, Babylon, Media, Persia, Parthia, And Sassanian or New Persian Empire; With Maps and Illustrations. Inflamed by as intense an ambition as ever burned in a human bosom, every thought and energy was devoted to self-aggrandizement. The Empire of Austria; Its Rise and Present Power In such a sentiment, he had the sympathy of the aristocracy, and of all others who take the low standard of self-aggrandizement in determining opinions. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 14, No. 82, August, 1864 Had he sought self-aggrandizement, renown, the fullest recognition of valuable services to the Government, the way was open, the prospect dazzling. Memories A Record of Personal Experience and Adventure During Four Years of War Selfishness, self-interest, or otherwise self-aggrandizement, is the mainspring of all our actions if we are devoid of love to God and man. A Review of Uncle Tom's Cabin or, An Essay on Slavery In this presence there is neither pomp, nor parade, nor vaunting, nor self-aggrandizement, nor arrogance. The Reconstructed School He can never pass beyond his limitations; and unless he have a purpose higher than writing merely for fame or self-aggrandizement, he thereby marks his own limitations, and what he seeks will never come. What All The World's A-Seeking The Vital Law of True Life, True Greatness Power and Happiness Not vulgarly, in a spirit of self-aggrandizement; but in the simple interests of self-preservation, as a means of keeping endangered sanity afloat. Deadham Hard Alas, how many young women, with fifteen million dollars in hand, and the sum constantly increasing, would have preferred a life of display and self-aggrandizement rather than visiting the poor and the sorrowing! Lives of Girls Who Became Famous Here now is the principle of self-love, selfishness, self-aggrandizement, prompting men to attach themselves to the different branches of Christ's church. A Review of Uncle Tom's Cabin or, An Essay on Slavery As the sequel proved, these leaders of the community were simply intent upon self-aggrandizement, even at the expense of the dependent members of the community. The Makers and Teachers of Judaism But if we build upon "the sands" of fame or self-aggrandizement, and, like the towering oak, lift our insignificant heads in proud defiance of the coming storm, we may expect that our superstruction will fall! Twenty-Two Years a Slave, and Forty Years a Freeman Embracing a Correspondence of Several Years, While President of Wilberforce Colony, London, Canada West Smith continued to embarrass and thwart the other proprietors by his various wild schemes for self-aggrandizement. Samuel F. B. Morse, His Letters and Journals In Two Volumes, Volume II “In your case, I fear, confession is exploitation by indirection, profit-making by ruse, self-aggrandizement at the expense of God.” Love of Life and Other Stories Fragments of them, however, were from time to time gathered together, and, intermingled with later doctrines, were used by the priests as a means of increased self-aggrandizement and power. The God-Idea of the Ancients or Sex in Religion While they reasoned thus, the temptations of graft and self-aggrandizement overtook some of the leaders. Indian Heroes and Great Chieftains Terror fell on some, the hope of self-aggrandizement actuated others. Cameos from English History, from Rollo to Edward II It was not a spirit of might he recognized, for the opening of minds and the strengthening of hearts, but an influence of pleasing for self-aggrandizement. Weighed and Wanting But, undeniably, the British government is less scrupulous as to the methods of carrying out its philanthropic projects, than most other nations in their schemes of self-aggrandizement. Journal of an African Cruiser As soon as he came to power, he accepted every opportunity of self-aggrandizement as a new Smith prerogative. Under the Prophet in Utah; the National Menace of a Political Priestcraft This was the fruit of his miserable attempt at self-aggrandizement; this was the residuum of his glories. Beacon Lights of History, Volume 08 Great Rulers Anything in this world which is sought as a good, whose end is selfish, is an impressive failure; so that self-aggrandizement becomes as absurd and fatal as self-indulgence. Beacon Lights of History, Volume 02 Jewish Heroes and Prophets Her citizens did not generally fight to preserve liberties or rights or national existence, but for self-aggrandizement. The Old Roman World, : the Grandeur and Failure of Its Civilization. His comprehensive plans for self-aggrandizement were carried out in true piratical style; his aims and demands were for no paltry prize, but for the largest and richest booty. Great Fortunes from Railroads Their system of equal rights with their marked disapproval of every species of aristocratic separation and self-aggrandizement was declared to be a species of communism, dangerous to the state. The Story of "Mormonism" They erected defensive barricades of self-aggrandizement and of my devaluation. After the Rain : how the West lost the East A portion of them are needy young men, who without maturely investigating the consequence, have sacrificed principle to self-aggrandizement. The Boss and the Machine; a chronicle of the politicians and party organization Even while he was cursing the girl his cunning mind was already plotting, revenge for the Spencers, self-aggrandizement among his fellows for himself. Dangerous Days Yuan Shih Kai is not such a wily schemer as his distinguished predecessor and he is not likely to use his position for self-aggrandizement to the extent that Li Hung Chang did. New Forces in Old China An Inevitable Awakening |
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