But the relentless pruning of aspirations for history teaching even in good secondary schools should dismay us all.
There is strong evidence about what makes a good school and the increase in the number of effective schools is testament to the spread of this best practice – a relentless focus on leadership, aspiration and measurable progress.
Putin has deliberately seized upon the theme of Islamic terrorism to justify his relentless war against the Chechens' aspirations for self-determination.
Beyond the bright lights and tourist attractions, New York City is defined by a relentless work ethic and spirit of aspiration that attracts people from across the globe.
The color commentator, Lee Leonard, from whom I learned that Garcia is a cousin of the Red Sox center fielder Jacoby Ellsbury, soon reported that he and Eisenberg had received a complaint from a listener about the relentless negativity, but Eisenberg, who has big-league aspirations of his own, wasn't about to be cowed into cheerleading.
Assemblies themselves have a relentless focus on the modelling of good behaviour, high aspiration and the imparting of a common corporate culture, even down to the synchronised hand-clapping.
He proclaims himself and his Tigers to be the only true representatives of Tamil political aspirations and has waged a systematic campaign every bit as relentless as his war against the state to eliminate Tamil rivals.
After release, Mr. Liao also reports, many of his fellow political prisoners "abandoned their artistic and political aspirations, and joined the rest of the country in the relentless pursuit of money".
He proclaims himself and his Tigers to be the only true representatives of Tamil political aspirations and has waged a systematic campaign — every bit as relentless as his war against the state — to eliminate Tamil rivals.
Low aspiration begets low aspiration.
They are continuously inventive, and relentless in their obsessions — about forgery, and the meaninglessness of money, and the stupid convolutions of business-speak, and the frustrated aspirations of any artist who wants to create something genuine and original.
