The few mild criticisms, mumbled off the record, were that he is cautious, controlled, sometimes a little dull and occasionally exhibits a sizable ego.

Most people with whom the President will be dealing will have reasonably sizable egos before they come to government.

But even as Mr. Bratton said that New York City had "enough room for very sizable egos," it was clear that it didn't, at least not in this case.

Mr. Taleb is a complicated man with a sizable ego and a mode of thinking that is anything but linear.

Some analysts believe that whatever the industry's collective interest in keeping Apple afloat the sizable egos of Mr. Gates and Mr. Ellison are sure to clash.

The man has a sizable ego.

Focusing on four bankers in a world that remains full of sizable egos is dangerous business.

It fed Ostermann's already sizable ego to be consulted on such things, and he welcomed all manner of guests.

At yesterday's news conference, the Mayor and Mr. Bratton again played down the crescendo of stories reporting tensions between the two men and suggested their two sizable egos had simply become incompatible.

Later in life Patti, like many famous singers with sizable egos, claimed that she was entirely self-taught.