My pomposity rose to new levels and I began saying things like, "To whom much is given much is required," forgetting that I didn't have two nickels to rub against a dime.

Pomposity does have different national styles: The pomposity of the French, who think themselves witty and, more pathetically, sexy, is not the pomposity of a Herr Doktor who prides himself on ...

Arguably Mies’ American masterpiece. Designed with Philip Johnson, this Park Avenue tower is modernism fully manifest: a ...

When Bob Woodward, renowned reporter of the Watergate scandal, came to Chautauqua last summer, he was asked to comment on the many Presidents he had covered and what made or broke their Presidencies.

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CNN anchor John Berman greeted his audience at 6 a.m. ET Monday by lambasting “pomposity and punditry” in coronavirus coverage and promising something more substantial and fact-based from ...

Updated That, and other news, in today’s Roundup and Recap. It had to come up. At today’s confirmation hearings for Sonia Sotamayor, Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) asked the nominee how she made ...

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