Sentences with phrase «ambitious goals he set»

Whether the Park District's latest effort will be enough to help accomplish an ambitious goal set in that study — 1,300 new acres of open land in Chicago by 2010 — remains to be seen.

Analysts fear that in the wake of the global recession, countries are reluctant to take the necessary action to achieve the ambitious goals set out a decade ago.

«Our observation of gravitational waves accomplishes an ambitious goal set out over 5 decades ago to directly detect this elusive phenomenon and better understand the universe, and, fittingly, fulfills Einstein's legacy on the 100th anniversary of his general theory of relativity,» says Caltech's David H. Reitze, executive director of the LIGO Laboratory.

«Our observation of gravitational waves accomplishes an ambitious goal set out over five decades ago to directly detect this elusive phenomenon and better understand the universe, and, fittingly, fulfills Einstein's legacy on the 100th anniversary of his general theory of relativity,» says Caltech's David H. Reitze, executive director of the LIGO Laboratory.

But the president fell short of the ambitious goals he set in the 1992 campaign, his former secretary of labor says in a new memoir.

The demise of the Republican effort to repeal the 2010 health care law put an exclamation point on what has become obvious in Washington: The GOP, for all its enthusiasm following its election win last year, is too riven with dissension to meet ambitious goals it set out for itself.

As a result, she continues to «harvest» new leads and reach the ambitious goals she set with her coach.

Not exact matches

Unlike most tech companies, Intel took the next logical step: The company set ambitious diversity goals, and tied managers» bonuses to them.

He points out that: «Total has set ambitious goals for reducing its greenhouse gas emissions, notably by ending continuous flaring and using the associated gas locally.

If you set very ambitious goals to a highly skilled team and ask them to stretch themselves and reach higher than before, believe me, the impossible is possible.»

«California has been a leader in setting ambitious energy goals, but we need to make sure that all communities have access... or else we will fail,» says Ms. Limón.

It confirmed that a startup in the neighbouring municipality of Burnaby had set itself an ambitious goal: to be the first commercial enterprise in the history of the world to generate usable energy from fusion.

The city of Munich has set ambitious goals when it comes to renewable, clean electricity.

Musk, who tends to respond to criticism with bombast and address missed goals by setting an even more ambitious one, didn't disappoint.

For example, don't set unreasonably ambitious goals.

«Women set realistic goals; they are ambitious but realistic,» said Rowen, when asked if the higher success rates of women in crowdfunding were due to lower funding targets.

This big goal leads you to think that you need to revitalize and change your life with a new set of ambitious habits.

Alternatively, setting overly ambitious goals could cause you to stretch yourself too thin or fail to realize when you've made legitimate progress.

There's no pressure to set ambitious goals.

To reap those economic benefits, leaders need to use the months ahead to set ambitious clean energy goals for Canada — and then commit to policies to meet them.

The experiences I have gained working with the Edison Awards have helped lay the groundwork that I need in order to achieve the ambitious goals I have set for myself.

This can help you strategize, consider multiple ideas, visualize ambitious outcomes, and set up the foundation for plans to realize your goals.

What catalyzed the circumstances at Vanderbilt was the leading presence of a resourceful and ambitious administrator who saw clearly that the church was a hindrance, not a help, in the pursuit of all the academic goals he set before himself.

Please enjoy reading about the 2015 - 2016 journey of FRN, and set your sights to a new year filled with ever - ambitious goals!

At the Second Session of the United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA 2) in May 2016, she sought to deliver on the ambitious environmental goals set out in the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.

The report sets an ambitious, but achievable, goal of reaching 70 children with summer breakfast through the Summer Nutrition Programs for every 100 participating in summer lunch.

FRAC has set an ambitious, but achievable, goal of reaching 70 low - income students who qualify for free or reduced - price school breakfast for every 100 who eat school lunch.

While the goals they would set for food marketers are ambitious and would take time to put into place, the public health stakes could not be higher.

In addition to setting an ambitious $ 35,000 fundraising goal for ourselves this year, we have also set out to increase the number of SNA members who support the Annual Fund.

Appearing at the UN in New York, Mr Brown also challenged world leaders to meet the ambitious international development goals set down in 2000.

Under Cuomo, New York is in a close race with California in setting ambitious climate goals, and in some ways, may be on the verge of pulling ahead of its West Coast rival.

Second, the government should set clear and ambitious goals for getting refugees into employment.

ENVIROS DESCEND ON ALBANY — POLITICO's Marie J. French: Environmental activists marched to the state Capitol on Monday to push Gov. Andrew Cuomo to block all new natural gas infrastructure and set a more - ambitious goal to transition the state's economy off fossil fuels.

Selling the idea that residents should give up their limited green space to outsiders is not going to be easy, but the de Blasio administration — which has set ambitious citywide housing - capacity goals — is determined not to back down.

Nick Clegg: We need to set ourselves an ambitious goal: to become energy independent within the EU by 2050

Even as it sets ambitious goals for renewable energy, Cuomo's administration still views natural gas as an essential part of the state's energy mix, according to recent filings with the Public Service Commission.

The final budget, like the preliminary proposal set forward by the mayor in January, favored quality - of - life improvements that would be felt by many New Yorkers instead of ambitious policy goals.

The de Blasio administration has set the highly ambitious goal of sending zero solid waste to landfills by 2030 — only 13 years away.

In January 2014, when we wrote the first draft of our election campaign plan for governor and lieutenant governor of New York, we set down what we thought were four ambitious goals.

«We must make sure our future growth tackles these disparities, otherwise, we clearly will not be able to advance the very ambitious goals that we've set for the region,» Jones said.

Mr. Van Scoyoc countered that the goal is «extremely ambitious,» but «if you don't set the bar high you're not going to get very far.»

Cuomo should match or exceed the ambitious goal California Gov. Jerry Brown set to transition his state to 50 percent renewable energy.

BUSH: The president set ambitious goals in space, starting with the completion of the troubled International Space Station by 2010, a base on the moon as early as 2015, and «human exploration of Mars and other destinations.»

«Medical research is the sole hope we can provide to millions of Americans,» wrote Senator Tom Harkins (D — IA) in 2002, explaining why he and Senator Arlen Specter (R — PA) «set the ambitious goal of doubling America's investment in... the life - saving research supported by NIH and conducted at leading research institutions like the University of Iowa and Iowa State.»

The climate bills in both the U.S. House and Senate set ambitious goals for moving efficient, affordable stoves into 20 million homes throughout the developing world within 5 years.

As head of the Information Systems Unit of Icrisat, the International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics, in Patancheru, a suburb of Hyderabad, in Andhra Pradesh, India, he has set an immediate goal that is both simple and ambitious.

And so does setting ambitious goals: Early on, I doubted industry could meet some of the aggressive targets that EPA set for reducing air pollution, but I ultimately saw these goals spur innovation and creative solutions that led to setting even higher standards.

Although researchers hope the photographs help raise awareness of conservation efforts, their goal was more ambitious than to snap pretty pictures: The images amass a significant set of data that Sharma and colleagues are just now beginning to analyze.

Google set itself this ambitious goal, known as quantum supremacy, in a paper published last July.

DOE has set an ambitious, if not audacious, goal of driving the price of installed residential and commercial photovoltaic solar power modules down to $ 1 per watt, compared to about $ 3.50 for utility - scale projects, and more than $ 5 for commercial and residential installations.