scelestic villainies

I hated to think it was due to some self-aggrandizing cockholster clutching at power for an egoboost, so it was probably some petty little reg-wanker hoping that by enforcing “procedures” he’d make a name for himself.

Mr. Pichai has made it a point to not act like a corner office “messiah” […]

, New York 2001, p.74: A third argument may be derived from the precedent.