Word: conceitedness
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To the Rochester (N. Y.) Advertising Club, Bridge Expert Ely Culbertson talked about himself. Said he: "I took myself and multiplied myself 100-fold. For instance, by nature I am witty. So I worked night and day to be brilliant. By nature, I am cocky. So I multiplied it.... By...
This week the gentlemen and ladies of Charleston, S. C. turned out to applaud their city's Footlight Players in the same Recruiting Officer, marking the opening of a splendid $350,000 resurrection of the old Dock Street Theatre, made possible by Charleston civic pride, plus FERA, plus WPA...
"Solitude," "Mood Indigo," "Sophisticated Lady," "It Don't Mean A Thing strongest factor in making a song a hit. (if it ain't got that swing)" are the most successful tunes among the 200 that the Duke's written. He isn't at all conceited about his success--he maintains...
Second blow is the surly reception to Rembrandt's mass portrait of Captain Banning Cocq's conceited officers. This huge, sombre painting, generally called The Night Watch, is now recognized as one of the world's greatest. When it was unveiled, all Amsterdam laughed, both at the...
I think the correction is really important because Professor McLaughlin yesterday made the feeling of the other opponents practically effective. Certain members of the hearing committee are so ignorant and yet so conceited that implications mean nothing to them. They must be told in the blunt language that Professor McLaughlin...