Mr Ellroy's distinctive on-page voice is part 1950s jive-talking jazzman, part high-minded seeker after eternal truths.
But for all that high-minded ambition, the XO falls flat in a key area: the Web.
It has been deployed in association with a mix of high-minded principle and arrogance.
High-minded young people also want to work for companies with a decent ethical reputation.
Permit me to suggest to Edelman they identify these superb examples of honesty and high-minded effectiveness next year.
Nokia PC Suite software allows more high-minded users to synchronize contact and calendar information from their computers at work.
The paradox at work here should not escape those entrepreneurs who may not be so high-minded in their objectives.
Well, national security adviser and Forum for International Policy sound prestigious and high-minded.
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Such behaviour has never prevented these countries from issuing high-minded declarations of principle.
In refusing, Mr Kasparov adopted a high-minded tone, complaining that a new chess autocrat was dumping a glorious tradition.
Moreover, with municipal elections due next year, Brazil's congressmen will probably soon turn their attention to less high-minded matters.
Yet most Americans have little time for the high-minded quibbles of the Post or the alliterative arguments of Mr Jackson.
His crass attention to the bottom line has made enemies in the do-gooder, high-minded public radio world, but it's paying off.
The elder of two sons in a formidably intelligent and high-minded family, he was from a missionary background on both sides.
Occasionally, I got hold of rather high-minded newspapers like the London Times, which were my window on the British way of life.
He wanted to show that Tory motives are high-minded, and that the coalition's good works are not delegated to the Lib Dems.
Until now, vice-chancellors and student leaders have insisted that universities are not about hard-headed seller-buyer relationships but about high-minded partnerships for learning.
The test will be turning such high-minded words into practical policy advice.
Such high-minded devotion to innovation is so rare that it is tempting to agree with him that it must explain his success.
American papers enjoy local quasi-monopolies, and can therefore afford to be high-minded.
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To others, Wattendorf's presidency is a symbol of something more high-minded about the school: Its black students were willing to look beyond race.
The danger here is that people whose real objection is to Mr Brown will find a high-minded quasi-constitutional pretext to object to his growing power.
To the dismay of his high-minded rivals, Mr Desmond has invented a new low-cost business model for the, er, bottom end of the tabloid market.
But French firms, which are already subject to a similar policy, often find it cheaper to pay the fine than to bother with high-minded greenery.
With Sigourney Weaver as a high-minded biologist, Stephen Lang as a testosterone-pumped military leader, and Giovanni Ribisi as the cynical head of the corporate expedition.
" But Lord Longford said: "I am very sorry indeed that a high-minded man, a Christian socialist, like Jack Straw should have taken that decision.
With sufficient cash, criminals, who tend not to obey high-minded anti-gun laws, can buy weapons like these on the street in almost any large city.
Although Etsy is not a philanthropic group, it has high-minded ambitions.
One of the more high-minded and painful follies of recent years.
But Sweden's high-minded attitude towards alcohol is now coming under pressure.
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