But some new reports bust the myth that women lack ambition.
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It is not that the women lack ambition, says the report.
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Whether United lack ambition or not, they are now in control of Group C and will travel to Bursaspor for the return fixture in less than a fortnight knowing that victory will leave them on the brink of a last-16 place.
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Until we address some of the personal spiritual poverty, the lack of ambition and the lack of hope which afflicts some of our most disadvantaged citizens then we have no chance of making real poverty history.
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Ian Payne is also frustrated by what he sees as the lack of ambition among some young people.
Could it be that women lack the ambition and appetite for power that are required to reach the top?
Paradoxically, part of Mrs Aubry's strength lies in her apparent lack of ambition.
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The "number one grot spot" in a Kent town has been blamed on the council's "lack of ambition and vision".
Worse, it has been plagued by a lack of ambition on the part of the poor as much as the rich.
But many Villa fans have not forgiven him for criticising the club for a lack of ambition when he left 10 years ago.
Most therapists see more patients suffering from too much anxiety rather than too little, although withdrawal and lack of ambition can be a hallmark of depression.
But, in a game during which neither side really gambled on scoring a winner, it is Okada's team that ultimately paid for their lack of ambition.
Mr McCartney denied the target of providing100% of public services online by the end of 2008 displayed a lack of ambition, given the speed of technological advances.
Truth be told, I appreciated the comparative lack of ambition.
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This lack of ambition plagues virtually every Western country.
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In most rich countries the detailed plans for fiscal austerity contrast sharply with a lamentable lack of microeconomic ambition.
Both books are worth reading, not least because they are written by politicians unusual for their lack of ministerial ambition.
Early on, it did not help that her first policy pronouncements were to signal a retreat from Kevin Rudd's mining super profits tax, which made her look weak, and to ditch her predecessor's "Big Australia" policy, which went down well with the tabloids but seemed indicative of a lack of national ambition.
In 1996 he cofounded Hexagen, a biotech firm backed by venture capitalists, but his lack of management experience thwarted his ambition and he left abruptly.
So what is the state of play on the government's ambition to correct the perceived lack of credit for small and medium-sized businesses?
Their unpopularity and lack of brand recognition will work against their ambition to become the filter that consumers turn to.
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