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Ambition is a character trait that describes people who are driven to better their station or to succeed at lofty goals. It has been categorized both as a virtue and as a vice. The use of the word "ambitious" in William Shakespeare 's Julius Caesar (1599), for example, points to its use to describe someone who is ruthless in seeking out ...
Joseph Rudyard Kipling ( / ˈrʌdjərd / RUD-yərd; 30 December 1865 – 18 January 1936) [ 1] was an English journalist, novelist, poet, and short-story writer. He was born in British India, which inspired much of his work. Kipling's works of fiction include the Jungle Book duology ( The Jungle Book, 1894; The Second Jungle Book, 1895), Kim ...
Schwerbelastungskörper. The Schwerbelastungskörper ( German: "heavy load-exerting body") is a large concrete cylinder located at the intersection of Dudenstraße, General-Pape-Straße, and Loewenhardtdamm in the northwestern part of the borough of Tempelhof in Berlin, Germany. It was built by Adolf Hitler's chief architect Albert Speer to ...
Its members have lofty ambitions of worldwide charitable giving, but have also been accused of being morally bankrupt and unusually insular, backed by some of the richest in Silicon Valley.
The site's critics consensus states: "Though it is ultimately somewhat undone by its own lofty ambitions, The Devil's Advocate is a mostly effective blend of supernatural thrills and character exploration." [57] Metacritic gives the film a weighted average score of 60 out of 100, based on 19 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews". [58]
Jobi McAnuff expects Wrexham to thrive in League One this season but feels a third straight promotion may be a tall order for Phil Parkinson’s team. Wrexham begin their first season in the third ...
As Netflix appeared to plateau at around 230 million-250 million worldwide subscribers, Disney, WBD, Paramount and Comcast were forced by business gravity to moderate lofty ambitions of amassing ...
First edition title page. Twenty Love Poems and a Song of Despair (Spanish: Veinte poemas de amor y una canción desesperada) is a poetry collection by the Chilean poet Pablo Neruda. Published in June 1924, the book launched Neruda to fame at the young age of 19 and is one of the most renowned literary works of the 20th century in the Spanish ...