Results for “Ambition”

…at low cost. A mantra repeated in the past on Twitter also by the current Minister of the Interior Matteo Salvini. The ambition of Steve Bannon, former director of the alt-right American site Breitbart — which in the European campaign preceded him since the platform had already...

…stein’s continuing relationships with the rich and powerful. Most everyone who is now of a certain age and certain ambition and certain status grew up in, and found they were temperamentally suited to the new age of wealth that started in the late 1970s. A meritocracy on ste...

…as and weak spots among cable anchors and producers and Times and Post reporters. Often the focus of this otherworldly ambition was directed at Zimes reporter Maggie Haberman. Haberman’s front-page beat at the paper, which might be called the “weirdness of Donald Trump” beat, in...

…r Epstein’s continuing relationships with the rich and powerful. Most everyone who is now of a certain age and certain ambition and certain status grew up in, and found they were temperamentally suited to the new age of wealth that started in the late 1970s. A meritocracy on ste...

…ublic image. The 2000 Senate race, for instance, was practically serendipitous. But it’s hard to believe “Clinton” and “ambition” have been fully sundered. In 2016, the Democrats are unlikely to have anyone better or more acceptable to different parts of the party. The nearer-ter...

… no other country’s efforts to influence American politics and society is as extensive and well-funded as China’s. The ambition of Chinese activity in terms of the breadth, depth of investment of financial resources, and intensity requires far greater scrutiny than it has been...

…or Epstein’s continuing relationships with the rich and powerful: Most everyone who is now of a certain age and certain ambition and certain status grew up in, and found they were temperamentally suited to, the new age of wealth that started in the late 1970s. A meritocracy on st...

…the article are mine.) We were taken around the construction site by a young Palestinian engineer who conveyed the vast ambition underlying the project: When the city is completed, she said, it will house 45,000 people in 23 distinct neighborhoods with innocuous, nature- based na...

…a nation, to build an empire, is to draw lines, to push at borders, to smash at gates. Some of this is the wild martial ambition of a Napoleon or Hitler (who Schmitt unwisely advised); often itis simple protection. Lord Balfour, serving as Foreign Secretary, contemplated this pro...

…ols’ belief that many young people are ready and eager to do serious college work at age sixteen and that young adults' ambition to learn must be taken seriously. The results have been exceptional: 95% of BHSEC graduates move on to a four-year college. In July, 2009, President O...

… This modest theoretical goal has inflated over the past sixty-four years and is now expressed by Google DeepMind as an ambition to “Solve intelligence.” Crack the code! But unfortunately, what we hear cracking is not code but small-scale capitalism, the social contract, and the...

…privileged association. Money is always about the club it gets you into. Most everyone who is now of a certain age and ambition and status grew up in, and found they were temperamentally suited to, the era of wealth that started in the late 1970s. A meritocracy on steroids, or,...

…uck Jonathan transferred power to Muhammadu Buhari. Former President Jonathan conceded and famously declared, "Nobody's ambition is worth the blood of any Nigerian." My last piece for The Hill was titled, 'Will Guinea's experiment in democracy succeed?" It is with great joy that...

…e was every reason to believe I would end up as an unfortunate, undistinguished exception. This was not due to lack of ambition. In fact, I thought at first of joining the air force. But a question on the application form asked whether I ever suffered from any breathing discomfo...

… This modest theoretical goal has inflated over the past sixty-four years and is now expressed by Google DeepMind as an ambition to “Solve intelligence.” Crack the code! But unfortunately, what we hear cracking is not code but small-scale capitalism, the social contract, and the...