overweening

• As far as the overweening unitary executive stuff goes, I'm with Rush: I hope Obama fails, and will do whatever is in my power to make him do so. —  lies.com
• To not vaccinate is to affirm an overweening individuality. —  MoJo Blogs and Articles
• Those who remember when the Labour Party stood up for the rights of the individual against overweening bureau cracies might find sympathy with Liberal Democrat plans to scrap ID cards and reinforce the rights people have over their own data and their privacy. —  New Statesman
• Is it merely coincidence that two similar stories the past couple of days-in which citizen initiative triumphs over sclerotic government-follow the pilgrimage trail of one Barack Hussein Obama, the evangelist of massive, overweening government? —  Bloodthirsty Liberal
• Be warned: I promised readers a dark, fictional look at the underbelly of LA transportation politics, complete with glamour, corruption, overweening ambition, betrayal and murder, and that's what my 19 collaborators and I have delivered. —  LA Observed

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