obsessive

Essay Topic: An obsessive need to demean and diminish others is explained by some behavioral therapists as a sign of insecurity, weakness, or an unhappy childhood.

In 1938, Austrian pediatrician Hans Asperger used it to describe child patients at his Vienna clinic who were verbal, often fluently so, with unusual social behaviors and at-times obsessive focus on very specific subjects.

Goal-kicking has always been dominated by obsessive backs - think Jonny Wilkinson and Owen Farrell with their meticulous routines - but Eales showed that forwards can also have the required temperament and technical skills.

If that makes her sound like an obsessive perfectionist, think again.

Last year’s “The Lord of the Rings” anime, “The War of Rohirrim,” performed poorly at the box office despite conceivably having two built-in audiences in anime fans and “LOTR” obsessives.