Gould, a Harvard paleontologist and a popular-science writer, who died in 2002, was taking aim mainly at the rising ambitions of sociobiology.
And it is an enthusiastic joiner of international groups.On a shoestringAll this speaks of rising ambitions, even if most foreign-affairs experts wisely eschew any talk of an incipient superpower.
If 2012 was the year that unearthed unprecedented detail about corruption in reform-era China, 2013 may be turning the spotlight on the P.L.A.'s rapidly rising ambitions and capabilities.
And the rising ambitions of these eastern nations in Africa have spurred the Americans into action, anxious not to be outdone in a continent which they feel should be in their orbit.
The reason for raising money, therefore, is to meet the company's rising ambitions.
Facebook's plans to take to the skies underscore the company's rising ambitions to exert its influence beyond the confines of its 1.2 billion-member social network and to set the pace for new technology that will shape society.
Washington views the moderate Muslim nation as a partner in its fight against radical Islamists, as a member of a U.S.-led Pacific trade group and as part of the U.S. strategic "pivot" to Asia to counter China's rising ambitions.
Many companies in Hong Kong said it was hard to find qualified candidates and complained that salaries were rising, Ambition said in another report.
At first, a lot of them were quite chuffed by the sight of turmoil in Iran, since they have long felt edgy about their big neighbour's rising ambition and influence in the region.
It takes Pete's youth mixed with his insecurity and rising ambition to change the course of the conversation.
On Friday, Politico editor Susan Glasser touted several recent hires and said the company is going through a period of "growth and rising ambition".
