Sentence examples for facing ambitious from inspiring English sources

There are, of course, some real tensions and resentments embedded in this story -- the hard choices facing ambitious women, the immaturity and misogyny that surge through so much popular culture, a rampaging materialism that makes the Stepford of 1975 look like a kibbutz -- but the movie, especially in its disastrous and nonsensical final act, works as hard as it can to suppress them.

Following the Directive for power from renewable sources in 2001 and the Directive for promotion of cogeneration in 2004, Central and Eastern European countries that entered the EU in 2004, are facing ambitious targets for green power.

But it faces ambitious competitors, most notably Microsoft's Bing.

Mr. Bernal, who plays three interlocking roles, is a transcendent dramatic chameleon shuffling three faces: ambitious actor, drag temptress and ruthless hustler.

That's the choice facing many ambitious students across the United States looking to gain a toehold in a powerful industry after graduation.

Nyunt, a malariologist at the University of Maryland School of Medicine (UMD) in Baltimore, is visiting Sa-ka-pin to assess the extent of one of the biggest problems facing an ambitious campaign to wipe out malaria from the Mekong region (see feature story on How drug resistance triggers war to wipe out malaria in the Mekong region): the number of people infected with malaria who have no symptoms.

Los Angeles City Hall gets back to work this week, facing an ambitious and, in some ways, divisive agenda ahead of several key elections.

Apple and other technology companies that are introducing a wave of touch-screen tablets face an ambitious challenge.

Application of GIS, LCA and spatial LCA can help alleviate the challenges faced by ambitious bioenergy projects by addressing both economics and environmental goals.

The killings and street protests highlight the growing challenges facing Rio's ambitious program to "pacify" several-dozen slums – a key element in the city's efforts to improve public security ahead of the 2016 Olympics.

A city of ambitious politicians facing a term-limit law that takes effect next year, New York is approaching a dizzying explosion of competitive elections.