1.   American makers of computer chips, seemingly on the verge of succumbing to the Japanese a few years ago, find few barriers to their global ambitions.

2.   Besides, people here are used to foreign powers with global ambitions.

3.   But the business Whirlpool is in may well be among the toughest of all for those corporations with global ambitions.

4.   Europe is a regional power with global ambitions, but those ambitions have more to do with civilian power, aid and trade, than military might.

5.   Even narrowing the scope to terrorist organizations with global ambitions and reach leaves a daunting task.

6.   In pursuit of their global ambitions, they rely on connections they forged in Arkansas and California.

7.   Now it will become clear which of them are serious in their global ambitions.

8.   Saturday, after the embassy bombing, a top military official again accused the United States of pursuing global ambitions.

9.   That is the Holy Grail for any telephone company with global ambitions.

10.   The magazine has global ambitions to match its political commitment to globalization.