21.   Partly, the reason is that its air of moral superiority and doctrinaire extremism grate on mainstream voters.

22.   Principles merely certify self-respect, defend against blame and support claims to moral superiority.

23.   She wins her Prince Charming through a groveling self-abasement that may or may not signify her moral superiority.

24.   So much for the myth of the inherent moral superiority of women.

25.   Starr shows that nonprofit blood agencies have no inherent claim to moral superiority.

26.   Suffused with moral superiority, Lenny decides to save Linda from herself.

27.   The familiar Carter combination of humility and vanity, of down home sincerity with nuances of moral superiority sometimes sneaks through.

28.   The men agreed that a civilian trial was in order, to prove the moral superiority of our legal system.

29.   The party of moral superiority was chary with civility these past eight years, but wants a double dose now.

30.   Their point-counterpoint debate was perhaps the best evidence yet that being an ethics expert is no guarantee of ethical infallibility, much less moral superiority.