Willing to create a truly democratic State, the Constitution has established many forms of direct popular participation besides regular voting, such as plebiscite, referendum and the possibility of ordinary citizens proposing new laws.

Finkelstein has published heavy criticisms of several books in his career, as he did to Hitler's Willing Executioners by Daniel Johnah Goldhagen, which he calls " replete with gross misinterpretations of source material and internal contradictions ", and says " the book is devoid of scholarly value ".

Bush during the Persian Gulf War, as well as the " Coalition of the Willing ", a phrase employed during the 2003 campaign for the war in Iraq led by the United States and its allies.

A borough charter was granted in 1739 by King George II, which changed the name of the settlement from Willington, after Thomas Willing the first developer of the land who organized the area in a grid pattern similar to that of its northern neighbor Philadelphia, to Wilmington, presumably after Spencer Compton, Earl of Wilmington.

Independence was reduced by the formation of the Towns of Andover, New York ( 1824 ) and Willing, New York ( 1851 ).

The documents cited Khalid saying that, if Osama bin Laden is captured or killed by the Coalition of the Willing, an al-Qaeda sleeper cell will detonate a " weapon of mass destruction " in a " secret location " in Europe, and promised it would be " a nuclear hellstorm ".

# A Willing Helper ( 1931 strips, reprinted by Pacific Comics Club )

In an October 2008 interview, Rick Nielsen revealed that several Cheap Trick releases were in store for the future, including a new album produced by Julian Raymond and Howard Willing, and the re-recorded version of In Color.

Under the encouragement of her fellow student and later husband Victor Willing, Rego kept a ' secret sketchbook ', alongside her official school sketchbooks, whilst at the Slade, in which she made free form drawings of a type that would have been frowned upon by her tutors.

Both of these stories were produced and directed by Nick Willing.

The colony was attacked in 1778 by the Willing Expedition and then overrun in 1779 – 81 by Spanish forces under Bernardo de Gálvez, culminating in the Siege of Pensacola.

During filming of Weak But Willing in 1929, she was spotted by James Hall, an actor filming a Howard Hughes film called Hell's Angels.

Page had three additional Top 10 hits on Billboard magazine in 1951, starting with " Mister and Mississippi ," which peaked at No. 8, " And So to Sleep Again ", and " Detour ," which had previously been recorded and made famous by Foy Willing and Elton Britt.

* The “ Willing Executioners / Ordinary Men ” Debate: Selections from the Symposium, April 8, 1996, introduced by Michael Berenbaum ( Washington, D. C .: USHMM, 2001 ).

Willing to cross the line between sacred and secular by performing her inspirational music of ' light ' in the ' darkness ' of the nightclubs and concert halls with big bands behind her, Tharpe's witty, idiosyncratic style also left a lasting mark on more conventional gospel artists, such as Ira Tucker, Sr., of the Dixie Hummingbirds.

They were regulars on The Hollywood Barn Dance, a successful weekly CBS radio program broadcast on Saturday nights, and hosted by Foy Willing and emceed by Cliffie Stone.

From 1946 to 1948 Summers was a regular actor in the drama portion of The All-Star Western Theatre, a radio program hosted by Foy Willing and his Riders of the Purple Sage.

In October 1963 Paul initiated divorce proceedings in New Jersey against Ford, on the grounds of adultery and cruelty, claiming she had committed adultery with cowboy singer Foy Willing during a three-year affair, and also with building contractor Donald E. Hatfield, and " other various men "; had neglected the care of their children ; and had humiliated him in public by boasting of her affection for other men and claiming that he had abused her.

Manchac was raided in February 1778 by American forces under the command of James Willing — see related articles Continental Marines and USS Morris ( 1778 ).

Dr. George M. Willing Jr. paid Peralta $ 20, 000 for the mining rights for an enormous swath of land – about in southern Arizona and New Mexico – based on a deed originally granted by the Spanish Empire in the 18th century.

The only time Jack, Tim and Jennifer worked together was during 1946 when the three Holts played together on a CBS radio program entitled " All Star Western Theater ", a country-type show featuring Western music by Foy Willing and the Riders of the Purple Sage with a dramatic sketch.

McRae provided some of the vocals on " Lipstick ", a 2008 single by " Wills and the Willing " having written parts of the song after listening to the original material.

Portrait of Willing, by Charles Willson Peale

In 1985 HRH The Princess Anne, Mrs. Mark Phillips, visited the Village to officially open the new harbour and was received by the local community, she toured the fishing boat " Willing Lad " accompanied by its skipper, James McClements.

Willing to record artists that most other labels would consider to be uncommercial, in December 1943 the label initiated more sessions with artists such as pianist Art Hodes, trumpeter Sidney DeParis, clarinetist Edmond Hall, and Harlem stride pianist James P. Johnson, who was returning to a high degree of musical activity after having largely recovered from a stroke suffered in 1940.

The Bush administration briefly used the term " Coalition of the Willing " to refer to the countries who supported, militarily or verbally, the 2003 invasion of Iraq and subsequent military presence in post-invasion Iraq.

Arthur St. Clair was the territory's governor until November 1802, when President Thomas Jefferson removed him from office and appointed Charles Willing Byrd, who served the position until Ohio became a state and elected its first governor, Edward Tiffin, on March 3, 1803.

The Chew family ’ s house on Third Street was situated between Spruce and Walnut Streets, next door to the house of Philadelphia Mayor Samuel Powel and his wife, Elizabeth Willing Powel, who was one of George Washington ’ s closest confidantes.

Artists who recorded on Majestic included Louis Prima, Bud Freeman, Slim Bryant, Eddy Howard, The Four Shades of Rhythm, The Four Suns, George Olsen, George Paxton and His Orchestra, Ray McKinley, Phil Regan, The Jones Brothers, Ella Logan, Jan Peerce, Jane Froman, Foy Willing and the Riders of the Purple Sage, The Merry Macs and Bob Johnston.

Their children were Robert Bridges Forten, Margaretta Forten, Harriet Forten Purvis, Sarah Louisa Forten Purvis, Charlotta Forten, William Deas Forten, Mary Theresa Forten, Thomas Willing Francis Forten and James Forten, Jr., who, with his brother Robert, succeeded his father in the family sailmaking business yup.

The thesis of Hitler ’ s Willing Executioners: Ordinary Germans and the Holocaust proposes that, during the Holocaust, many killers were ordinary Germans, who killed for having been raised in a profoundly antisemitic culture, and thus were acculturated — " ready and willing " — to execute the Nazi government ’ s genocidal plans.

The team of prisoners is called the " Giants " in honor of the San Francisco Giants, who donated uniforms to the team, and the team of outside players is called the " Willing ". The umpires and fans are inmates, but the coaches on the field are volunteers.

Both the British and American governments offered to buy land from willing white settlers who could not accept reconciliation ( the " Willing buyer, Willing seller " principle ) and a fund was established, to operate from 1980 to 1990.

People soon started volunteering for longer periods than just weekends, so the name was changed to Willing Workers on Organic Farms, but then the word " work " caused problems with some countries ' labour laws and immigration authorities, who tended to confuse WWOOFers with migrant workers.

MacinTalk was used to perform the part of the wheelchair-using motor neurone disease patient with a voice synthesizer in the animated Family Guy episode " Ready, Willing and Disabled ", who would later appear again in " Brian the Bachelor " and " Brian Goes Back to College ".

Thomas Willing was born in Philadelphia, the son of Charles Willing, who twice served as mayor of Philadelphia, and Anne Shippen, granddaughter of Edward Shippen, who was the second mayor of Philadelphia.

The album was produced and mixed by Howard Willing ( OK Go, Stevie Nicks, Lisa Marie Presley, Melissa Auf der Maur, Liz Phair, The Smashing Pumpkins, Van Hunt ), with producers Eric Rosse ( Tori Amos, Lisa Marie Presley, Anna Nalick ) who produced " Learning to Breathe " and " Heart Attack " ( co-produced by Howard ) and Wendy Melvoin ( member of Prince's band The Revolution ) who produced " Damascus ".

Scholarly accounts in journal articles, higher-degree studies and books by authors such as Toby Volkman, David Eng, Sara Dorow, Indigo Willing and Tobias Hubinette also suggest that adoption is a contested practice, with a variety of competing voices ranging from adoptive parents who not only adopt but also dominate published accounts of the practice, to those who have been internationally adopted and are now beginning to enter research fields focusing on adoption ( such as members of the International Adoptee Congress Research Committee ).

In June 1942, after serving in Jägerersatzbataillon 75, Schwerdfeger joined Jäger Regiment 228 of the 101st Jäger Division, who fought in the Don Bend, at Rostov, and at Maikop, in the Caucasus, and joined the retreat through the Kuban and the Taman Peninsula, the setting of the novel Das Geduldige Fleisch ( The Willing Flesh ).

Sura 18 ( Al-Kahf ), ayah 24 states a person who forgets to say, " God Willing ," should immediately remember God by saying, " May my Lord guide me to do better next time.

Willing to give him one last shot, Ray gives Joe the assignment to serve British socialite Sara Moore ( Elizabeth Hurley ) with divorce papers from her husband, Gordon ( Bruce Campbell ), who is at his ranch in Texas with a mistress, Kate ( Amy Adams ), while Sara vacations in upstate New York.