It was, in the end, too small and indulgent a preoccupation, too unlike a genuine destiny.
Personal care products: Few things feel as indulgent as a new bottle of aftershave or your favorite skin creme.
Furthermore, party activists (as opposed to its voters) regard him as arrogant, a self-indulgent star rather than a team player.
Still, these two baby boomers, one a studious but self-indulgent liberal, the other a swaggering conservative from a politically connected family, have led the nation for the past 16 years.
In this recipe, her third Slow Food Fast contribution, the chef calls for roasting salmon fillets to flaky perfection and serving them with two bright, indulgent accompaniments: a sorrel cream sauce and butter-braised radishes.
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My father in law and late mother in law had a pair of Longines for around 30 years, and other than their wedding rings, this was really their only indulgent heirloom, a big deal for them.
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For a secondary treat that is just as indulgent, swing by SOMA, a chocolate shop in Toronto's Distillery District and enjoy fiery Mayan liquid chocolate spiced with Madagascar vanilla and chilli.
The nine loft suites on the top floor are for the truly indulgent, each with a whimsical and original design.
Yet whatever Mr Cameron's personal views, his party sees environmentalism as an indulgent luxury: in a poll, Tory MPs ranked climate change as the lowest policy priority for a Tory government.
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It is, however, a vivid, engaging and sometimes maddeningly self-indulgent text in which the author dances a pas de deux between his roles as historian and dramatist.
It feels indulgent and leering, like a concession to a perceived audience that may not even exist.
What she actually is is a self-indulgent little tease, with an ego that would make Gore Vidal blush.
Aberconwy MP Guto Bebb called it a "self indulgent debate" and an excuse to have "an attack on government".
Mind you, someone whose businesses contribute 5.3% of his country's tax revenues can afford to be a little self-indulgent.
As I sat down to write today, it dawned on me that this might come off as a touch self-indulgent.
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In the eyes of his eldest son, Matthew, poetry always seemed, in consequence, to be a lesser thing a little frivolous perhaps, and even a touch self-indulgent.
Mr Putin's austere, disciplined style is a world away from the indulgent, ostentatious cronyism of the Yeltsin era.
It does seem that little Sammy immediately took to guns when his indulgent parents allowed him to play with a machinegun from the first world war.
He says there is a balance of healthy and indulgent recipes but just cooking at home is an important step in losing weight and eating more healthfully.
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Coming of age in a stagnant, post-bubble world of shrunken possibilities, they are angry, indulgent, individualistic--and perhaps Japan's best hope for developing a more dynamic and responsive society.
And it comes at a time when other self-indulgent audience habits have become standard.
The result is that for the affluent and spa-addicted, the idea of a home spa is becoming less a pipe dream and more an indulgent reality.
The confit is melt-in-your-mouth, the gravy is full-bodied and indulgent and the onions are beautifully sweet with a touch of balsamic tartness that cuts through the richness of the sauce.
Then you have a Congressional hearing starring self-indulgent, preening traders from guilty as hell organizations testifying that they had no idea all this was coming, that it was an act of nature and the reason they did so well was they just know more and therefore still deserve their bonuses.
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Why is a government so tough on crime so indulgent about corruption?
This is the positive result of the growing passion for food, rather than a collection of grumblings about how self-indulgent this diverse movement is.
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But the higher butterfat really lends itself to decadence in the more dessert-like flavors, especially anything chocolate-based, and leaves a fatty finish on the tongue, very indulgent.
Mr Blair might be allowed another year, perhaps even 18 months, but anything more, suggested Mr Brown's supporters, would be self-indulgent and jeopardise the party's chances of winning a fourth election victory.
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Wharton marketing professor Patti Williams cites Gold's Gym--the Texas-based gym chain--as an example of a company that has found a way to navigate the economic slump while promoting a product that might seem discretionary or self-indulgent in hard times.
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