They swam among their kin with imperial arrogance, for none of the sahuagin dared harm, or insult, a priestess.

It brings much evidence of imperial arrogance and torture, yet it also contains compelling details of how to treat a conquered nation with compassion.

Tyson fought his way up from tough Amboy Street in the Brownsville section of Brooklyn to make something miraculous of himself, and then, with an imperial arrogance, destroyed it.

The imperial arrogance and racist contempt for those in our way are as striking as the easy dismissal of unacceptable fact.

And as long as there are open issues, why not consider how rapidly imperial arrogance that ignores history and culture can obliterate a people, robbing them of both their economic and cultural infrastructure?

The incident has already been an embarrassment for Britain, with Iraqi officials accusing the British command in Basra of imperial arrogance and "barbaric" behavior in the raid.

And few things could offer ultra-nationalist leaders better proof of America's not-so-benign neglect and imperial arrogance as further paralysis on immigration.

The founders of our country created the system of checks and balances to avert just this sort of imperial arrogance.

But after two severe floods almost back to back, first in September 2004, then in April 2005, that policy now comes across as imperial arrogance to flooded residents and communities.

The sabre-rattling and imperial arrogance continues.