self-congratulation

I was just recalling how, about a year ago, my country was swept up in a spasm of self-congratulation.

Clever clever we always avoid this problem, I still do not know, is a matter for regret, or a self-congratulation.

Yet behind all this self-congratulation lurk more sobering considerations.

And congressmen who have left Washington in a glow of relief and self-congratulation should have no illusions.

History, as Simon Schama, a master of the craft, says, should be the instrument of self-criticism, not self-congratulation.

But before we drown in a sea of self-congratulation, a further - and crucial - observation must be made.

Even the modern Bundeswehr, under firm democratic control and embedded in Western alliances, is presented without much self-congratulation.

Product leaders do not stop for self-congratulation . They are too busy raising the bar .

Few would begrudge China some self-congratulation as it rakes in the medals.

Those in the government who hoped for the best but feared otherwise are now prone to self-congratulation.

With an election due in October, this is cause for much official self-congratulation.

A trading diary helps you put aside self-kicking or self-congratulation and pay attention to the facts.

Yet as Hong Kong and China celebrate the tenth anniversary of their reunion, their self-congratulation seems justified.