Then came UKIP's most ambitious aim - to supplant the Liberal Democrats as the third main party in British politics.
Another plus: Tony Blair's government has committed itself to one of the world's most ambitious Internet policies, aiming to get every British school child connected to the Internet by 2003.
The Allen Brain Atlas project [ 5, 6], arguably one of the most ambitious post-genome projects, aims to systematically create a detailed gene expression brain atlas for as many as 24,000 genes by 2006.
The Trans-Pacific Partnership would be one of the world's largest and most ambitious trade efforts ever, aimed at removing barriers and establishing rules on investment and commerce affecting 40% of the global economy.
A 10-minute drive away, a cluster of cranes and half-completed towers marks the site of the country's most ambitious eco-city project, which aims to create a community the size of Bristol from scratch within 10 years.
But the studio's most ambitious, and risky, network project aims to transfer the glow of its animation division to television, in the form of a politically incorrect prime-time series about the backstage lives of white lions in Siegfried & Roy's Las Vegas extravaganza.
Most ambitious, perhaps, is its creators aim to make it a self-sustaining business by 2014.
The Supremes and the Temptations joined forces in 1968, with Diana Ross and Eddie Kendricks trading vocals in the driven, forceful I'm Gonna Make You Love Me, perhaps the most ambitious thing any individual can aim for, love being capricious, whimsical and elusive.
In a recent mailing asking supporters for $5.00, RAN announced its "most ambitious palm oil campaign yet, aimed at convincing the top 20 snack food companies to cut orangutan extinction out of their supply chains".
