(1) Jubilant Democrats are eyeing so-called “red states” such as Georgia and Utah and expanding their ambitions to take both the Senate and House .
(2) The award for nonfiction went to New Yorker staff writer Evan Osnos for his book on modern China, Age of Ambition .
(3) "My great ambition is to be president of a golf club where I am playing," he teased .
(4) So far, there is little sign of similar hubris at the Human Brain Project, a far more complex undertaking, but perhaps for the moment Markram's ambition is precisely what is needed.
(5) Photograph: KHIZR KHAN This sombre, serene oasis overlooking the Potomac river might also prove the graveyard of Donald Trump’s ambitions for the US presidency.
(6) Britain’s troubled relationship with the EU has provided Boris Johnson with nothing but fun since he first made his name lampooning the federalist ambitions of Jacques Delors as the Daily Telegraph’s Brussels correspondent in the early 1990s .
(7) President Obama's ambitions for new nuclear reductions?
(8) As Iain Duncan Smith, the work and pensions secretary, said when he published the initial white paper back in 2010: “At its heart, universal credit has a simple ambition – to make work pay, even for the poorest.
(9) "The player [Suárez] is amazing and I love his quality, commitment and ambition to play," said Mourinho.
(10) Some … actually dropped to the low end of their ambition ranges, which have led small island states to ask, 'Why is this?'
(11) Archbishop Eliud Wabukala of Kenya said the “truth [of the Gospel] continues to be called into question in the Anglican communion” and warned against “the global ambitions of a secular culture”.
(12) As important, if not more so, as his ambition to make exams tougher is his hostility towards other measures of ability, such as course work and controlled assessments.
(13) And Bristol, I guess, is following on because it has an ambition to become something similar.” According to Key, Bristol’s congestion problems are only as bad as those of other UK cities, and it’s “streets ahead” on walking and cycling .
(14) The company recently announced its ambition to reach a valuation of $50bn, but it is unclear how much Uber is worth if it has to start picking up expenses it has up to now pushed on to the shoulders of its drivers.
(15) If the ambition set out by the world’s heads of state in New York is ever to be achieved, the global tax system needs more than just a sticking plaster.
(16) But concerns about a slowing economy, jobs, civil rights and a lack of progress in the Kurdish peace process appear to have combined with worries that Erdoğan could assume quasi-dictatorial powers to thwart the president’s ambitions.
(17) Ian Macfarlane signals frontbench ambition after defecting to Nationals Read more But the deputy leader of the Nationals, Barnaby Joyce, pushed back at the criticism, saying it was not unprecedented for people to move between the Coalition parties and noted it was not as significant as ousting a prime minister.
(18) Susan Rice, US ambassador to the UN and a former frontrunner to replace Clinton as state secretary, saw her political ambitions cut short after she suggested that the attack could have originated from a spontaneous protest over an anti-Muslim US-made film.
(19) In this context, it is hard not to wonder whether a scheme on the scale and ambition of Packington, located as it is in a sea of valuable central London real estate, could ever be replicated.
(20) For Davutoglu, this ambition entails a "comprehensive" approach embracing enhanced economic, cultural and social ties as well as political and security relations.
Amit
Definition:
(v. t.) To lose.
Example Sentences:
(1) "Craig is definitely a name that has been mentioned, a name we've discussed," said the QPR vice-chairman, Amit Bhatia, on Sky Sports News.
(2) Amit Kara, an economist at UBS, said: "It's not too surprising we have seen the [manufacturing] sector expand after the purchasing managers' index figures .
(3) SVP of engineering Amit Singhal explained in a blog post: “Starting next week, we will begin taking into account a new signal in our rankings: the number of valid copyright removal notices we receive for any given site.
(4) "While Operation Aurora shed light on advanced threats from sponsored adversaries, the number of compromised companies and organisations pales in comparison to this single botnet," said Amit Yoran of NetWitness.
(5) Michaels said: “We are a big complex entity, bringing us to this is one of the most complex tasks for both of us to do.” Amit Sood, director of the Google Cultural Institute, said one aim was to “bridge the gap between high culture and popular culture”.
(6) He wanted to work as a mountaineer but he was rejected because he was missing his left hand, which he lost playing with fireworks at Diwali when he was a child.” Mount Everest death: Maria Strydom fell ill just 15 minutes from summit Read more Amit Sinha, Nath’s first mountaineering instructor, said: “He had done one attempt in 2014, but he had to turn around because of the weather.
(7) Rahul Taneja, chief people officer of Jet Airways, tweeted: Rahul Taneja (@R_Taneja69) Proud of our Brave hearts Nidhi & Amit who held on to their nerves in time of crisis.
(8) "No Smoking Day is one of the UK's longest-standing and most successful public health campaigns," said Amit Aggarwal, its chief executive.
(9) Preincubation of the N-methylaminoalkyl agents DES and NOR (200 microM) with NADPH-supplemented microsomes for 30 min led to an approximate 30% decrease in spectrally apparent P450 content; the N,N-dimethylaminoalkyl drugs IMIP and AMIT did not significantly decrease apparent P450 content.
(10) Amit Yoran is president of the RSA, a company that pioneered much of modern encryption and hosts of this week’s conference.
(11) Speaking to journalists about the current political manoeuvres, analyst Amit Segal of Channel 2 television said: “What the Israeli political system is going through these days is not very natural in Israeli terms.
(12) Naaila Aslam, Chris Barnick, Mark Broadbent, Melanie Davies, Edgar Dorman, James Drife, Katrina Erskine, Abha Govind, Matt Hogg, Penelope Law, Nick Nicholas, Louise Page, Maryam Parisaei, Avanti Patel, Catharine Roberts, Audrey Ryan, Ali Sajjad, Robert Sawdy, Amit Shah, Anthony Silverstone, Geeta Suri
(13) In the present work, using a test of acute nociception (vocalization threshold to graded foot pressure) in the same model, we evaluated the possible potentiation of morphine analgesia by 2 TCAs: amitriptyline (AMIT) and imipramine (IMIP).
(14) Using a self-selection feeding procedure, the present experiments examined the impact of central and peripheral injection of the alpha-adrenergic agonist clonidine (CLON) and the tricyclic antidepressant drugs amitriptyline (AMIT) and chlorimipramine (CIMIP) on nutrient selection in the adult male rat.
(15) Sexual assault is a terrible crime and we’re pleased he has now been brought to justice,” Amit Jain, Uber India president, said following the verdict.
(16) "It was miserable," said Amit Bahl, owner of the Amax hotel where she was staying.
(17) Although Delhi officials said they would increase bus services and extend times for Metro service, they are still about 10,000 buses short of demand, says Amit Bhatt, a sustainable transport expert in the city.
(18) Amit Yoran, chief executive of NetWitness and former Director of the National Cyber Security Division, said: "While Operation Aurora shed light on advanced threats from sponsored adversaries, the number of compromised companies and organizations pales in comparison to this single botnet.
(19) Google executive Amit Singhal said that with more information being put on the web every day, it was vital that the company learned how to give users the most relevant results - and as quickly as possible.
(20) As for "democratic", Modi ran his home state like an autocrat, giving thuggish lieutenant Amit Shah no fewer than 10 portfolios.