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Sometimes, it addresses a virtually nonexistent problem or, at least, a problem that ranks lower on any sensible scale of national concerns than the fuss and self-congratulation would indicate.
USAT seems to maintain the most detachment from the hoopla, saying that the celebration capped "a week of self-congratulation."
Western pundits, having once placed Japan on a pedestal, now either prefer not to discuss the subject or see Japan's failures mainly as an occasion for smug self-congratulation.
If you try to flip away from the self-congratulation, you come across the synergy.
Congress and the president indulged in a round of mutual self-congratulation over their agreement on an appropriations package for the new fiscal year.