It argues that architects should take greater account of the tastes of ordinary people and move away from large, self-aggrandizing buildings.

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He has endured the embarrassment of watching his private, self-aggrandizing e-mails--collected by Spitzer's investigators--leak into the pages of the Wall Street Journal.

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Those who study the psyches of criminals said Dorner's aggressive and self-aggrandizing rant indicates a classic case of malignant narcissist personality disorder.

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Some Masters of the Universe have such rotten hubris, such selfish, self-aggrandizing drives they act like primitive warriors from a more violent time.

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As you are a group of self-aggrandizing twats, I have also contacted the media to ensure that this incident gets the coverage it deserves.

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Is this another self-aggrandizing hip-hop star claiming rap supremacy?

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So, yeah, unless you're toting a guitar case and cramming yourself into a sweaty tour bus every other month, we suggest leaving the term "rock star" out of your job title -- and even then, the whole "star" classification seems a little self-aggrandizing.

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Bottom Line: As the EBRD is expected to play a central role in multilateral lending to Russia and other Soviet successor states and Eastern Europe, it is essential that Congress open its own inquiry and hearings into what the Center for Security Policy has long predicted would be yet another self-aggrandizing and bloated new international bureaucracy, in part funded by the U.S. taxpayer.

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