They had considered her suitor ambitious and upwardly mobile.
Its goal is far less ambitious than that of the EEC.
Everyone is really focused, determined and ambitious because it is a great chance for us to do well in Europe.
For ambitious and hard work, a person of noble aspirations of the people, what is the role of the obstacle is not.
Miyano says that he has never been ambitious "in the conventional sense of the word" and sees no need for the traditional life trappings of a wife and a house in the suburbs.
We need to be ambitious.
"It sounds ambitious," he agreed. "But you know what?"
For an ambitious geriatric, the largely ceremonial job might have seemed a humiliation.
I learned immensely from his insightful analysis of technology trends, ambitious approach to research, impeccable ethical values and encouraging attitude.
Should it continue with Mr Bush's ambitious policy of exporting America's power and values or should it settle for a more modest policy of containment?
Roosevelt's ambitious legislative program aimed at reviving the economy and his decisive leadership style remain the gold standard for how a new President takes charge in the first 100 days in office.
"Tom, you're ambitious and creative," she'd begun, solemnly.
For the young, flexible and ambitious, the past 20 years have proved a bonanza.
It may not sound inspiring, but to the many fans of Dr. Vinge, this is a most ambitious - and perhaps unattainable - goal for any member of our species.
The ambitious are not content to imitate.
Babur was ambitious, and his dominion in Kabul was limited by the Afghans' insubordination.
But for the time being, artistically ambitious fare is still swimming in the danger zone of the sharks.
The aim of his research was ambitious.
He warned that a number of factors could impinge on the ambitious growth targets for the future.
The CPAC meeting is, among other things, a beauty contest for presidential wannabes, and most of the most ambitious Republican leaders did indeed turn up to strut their stuff.
These traits require a degree of modesty scarce among those ambitious enough to clamber to the top.
Some people know at 16 what sort of work they're going to do, but in most ambitious kids, ambition seems to precede anything specific to be ambitious about.
Or they could do something more ambitious.
He cites Alexander Hamilton, who wrote that human beings are "ambitious, vindictive, and rapacious."
Beyond this, Europe needs to work harder to diversify its sources of energy, something that it must do anyway if it is to meet its ambitious climate-change targets.
In the Durbeyfield countenances there was nothing of the red wrath that would have burnt upon the girl from parents more ambitious for her welfare.
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