In his book " Easy the Hard Way ", Joe Pasternak, head of one of the other musical units within MGM, singled out Kelly for his patience and willingness to spend as much time as necessary to enable the ailing Garland to complete her part.

Upon assuming control of the Angels, Moreno cut ticket and beer prices at the stadium, and soon demonstrated a willingness to spend the money necessary to sign premium players, including star outfielder Vladimir Guerrero, to improve the team.

Optimally, if it costs the retailer nothing to engage and allow bargaining, he can divine the buyer's willingness to spend.

Wang initially had a willingness to spend money with the goal of making the Islanders competitive ; however, recent team payrolls have only barely scrapped the cap floor.

In making the announcement, Labor Premier Anna Bligh described how Bryce had been an " inspiring leader " while serving as Governor, and acknowledged Bryce's willingness to spend a " great deal of time " in regional and remote areas, serving as a " Governor for all of Queensland ".

Further difficulties in administering further-flung settlements continued because of the huge distances involved, difficult travel, and the lack of willingness of possible representatives to spend some time in Sydney for these purposes.

With the New Deal, and a willingness to spend money, this slowly turned around ; the National Industrial Recovery Act of June 1933 was used to authorise the completion of various vessels, and following this the last two New Orleans-class were laid down.

Isaac's willingness to follow God's command at the cost of his death has been a model for many Jews who preferred martyrdom to violation of the Jewish law.

In contrast to morphine, which was used to alleviate pain in the injured but also to boost the esteem, stamina, and drive of German soldiers in combat, methadone had effects that have been described as such ; " Dolophine ( Methadone ) had many adverse effects on the soldiers to whom it was given, leading to apathy, lethargy, and decreased willingness to engage in combat ".

Cordon Sanitaires, however, have been increasingly abandoned over the past two decades in multi-party democracies as the pressure to construct broad coalitions in order to win elections-along with the increased willingness of outsider parties themselves to participate in government-has led to many such parties entering electoral and government coalitions.

In a statement published on a pro-rebel Web site, the FARC-EP said the unilateral release demonstrated the group's willingness to engage the Colombian government in talks over the release of as many as 800 people who are still being held.

In practice, of course, many scientists ( and philosophers ) believed that a healthy mix of both was needed — the willingness to question assumptions, yet also to interpret observations assumed to have some degree of validity.

" The group has been criticized by other animal rights advocates for its willingness to work with industries that use animals — a position many animal rights advocates find problematic.

He also impressed many with his willingness to get other players involved in the offense.

Griffith was known for his willingness to collaborate with his actors and on many occasions join them in research outings.

These first-wave anarcho-punk bands are musically varied but are often connected by discernible stylistic elements: a willingness to experiment that often went outside the bounds of other hardcore punk acts, a slipshod and improvised feeling, perhaps owing to the many of the bands conceiving of themselves more as musical collectives than formal acts, and " ranting " sections, where bands would expound on issues like animal rights or gender inequality.

In addition to earning $ 45 to $ 50 a week at the college radio station, Serling attempted to make a living selling freelance scripts to radio programs, but the industry at that time was involved in many lawsuits, which affected willingness to take on new writers ( some who had scripts rejected would often hear a similar plot produced, claim their work had been stolen and sue for recompense ).

Scarring on the abdomen of women in many tribes is used to denote a willingness to be a mother.

Many Franks entered into positions of power and authority in Italy, though many Lombards, on account of their willingness to make peace with Charles, retained their positions.

On many occasions he expressed his appreciation for the willingness of the Brethren Service Commission, a Church of the Brethren affiliated program, to accept him upon his parole as a medical technician at its hospital in Puerto Rico.

That said, Rav Kook's willingness to engage in joint-projects ( for instance, his participation in the Chief Rabbinate ) with the secular Zionist leadership must be seen as differentiating him from many of his traditionalist peers.

Some of the significant achievements of early Muslim philosophers included the development of a strict science of citation, the isnad or " backing "; the development of a method of open inquiry to disprove claims, the ijtihad, which could be generally applied to many types of questions ( although which to apply it to is an ethical question ); the willingness to both accept and challenge authority within the same process ; recognition that science and philosophy are both subordinate to morality, and that moral choices are prior to any investigation or concern with either ; the separation of theology ( kalam ) and law ( shariah ) during the early Abbasid period, a precursor to secularism ; the distinction between religion and philosophy, marking the beginning of secular thought ; the beginning of a peer review process ; early ideas on evolution ; the beginnings of the scientific method, an important contribution to the philosophy of science ; the introduction of temporal modal logic and inductive logic ; the beginning of social philosophy, including the formulation of theories on social cohesion and social conflict ; the beginning of the philosophy of history ; the development of the philosophical novel and the concepts of empiricism and tabula rasa ; and distinguishing between essence and existence.

His synagogue grew, according to members, not only because of Lerner's willingness to take the social justice message of the prophets seriously, but also because the actual experience of being involved in prayer, meditation, singing and dancing in the synagogue became an ecstatic experience of transcendence for many of those who attended.

Although the Army's senior officers did not share many of their soldiers ' political opinions, their independence from Parliament led to the Army's willingness to contribute to the overthrow of both the Crown and Parliament's authority, and to establish a short-lived Commonwealth, which included a period of direct military rule.

Bickerton says for that reason many Palestinians favored partition and indicated a willingness to live alongside a Jewish state.

Beaugrand-Champagne points out that no one questioned why it took so long for Amable to come forward in a city where the fire and the trial would have been widely discussed ; she attributes this willingness to credit the little girl's testimony to the fact that too many people had lost too much and a scapegoat was necessary.

Several gags during the scene emphasize the Army's willingness to accept as many recruits as possibe ; one example is when one doctor holds up a red card with the word, " red " printed on it and asks, " What color is this red card ?".

Lord's willingness later to play many of the key rhythm parts gave the guitarist the freedom to let loose both live and on record.

Lord Kitchener, the Commander-in-Chief in South Africa, referring to French, later said " his willingness to accept responsibility, and his bold and sanguine disposition have relieved me from many anxieties ".

A reference to his white-skinned sister, his willingness to leave Africa as his family believed in many deities instead of one almighty God, the fact that the closer to a white European he became — through clothing but mostly via language — the happier he was, his description of another black servant at his master's house as a " devil ", have led critics to the conclusion that the narrative is devoid of the anti-slavery backlash ubiquitous in subsequent slave narratives.

Tuition at private secondary schools varies from school to school and depends on many factors, including the location of the school, the willingness of parents to pay, peer tuitions and the school's financial endowment.

However, as Ronald Hutton points out, the willingness of James Frazer to trace the association further to pre-Christian Celtic polytheism is misguided because the testimony of Óengus of Tallaght ( d. ca.

One of the major points of contention between the AFL and the CIO, particularly in the era immediately after the CIO split off, was the CIO's willingness to include black workers ( excluded by the AFL in its focus on craft unionism.

Browder's considerable administrative skills, his ability to intelligently defend his ideas, and his willingness to yield to others when necessary scored points for his personal cause in Moscow.

has five points which are: positive attitude, belief in a dream, the willingness to work hard, facing obstacles, and building a strong support team.

The OECD points out that " herein lies a major problem: in all OECD countries, enforcement essentially relies on the victims ’ willingness to assert their claims.

* Word Soup-( a new name for Word Up ) Here the computer generates a " random " matrix of letters with different point values based upon the machine's ' willingness ' to pay out, players must form English words from adjoining letters in order to reach a predetermined prize target which ranges from 450-2100 points.

This contributed significantly to the two Central Powers ' willingness to go to war as soon as possible.

During the period that has elapsed since seizures which triggered the tuna import ban, successive Ecuadorian governments have declared their willingness to explore possible solutions to this problem with mutual respect for longstanding positions and principles of both sides.

A possible reason for the willingness of the Franks to connect themselves with the Kentish court is the fact that a Frankish king, Chilperic I, is recorded as having conquered a people known as the Euthiones during the mid-sixth century.

The Watson and Crick discovery of the DNA double helix structure was made possible by their willingness to combine theory, modeling and experimental results ( albeit mostly done by others ) to achieve their goal.

According to Kramer, he and Rose intentionally structured the film to debunk ethnic stereotypes ; the young doctor, a typical role for the young Sidney Poitier, was purposely created idealistically perfect, so that the only possible objection to his marrying Joanna would be his race, or the fact she had only known him for ten days: the character has thus graduated from a top school, begun innovative medical initiatives in Africa, refused to have premarital sex with his fiancée despite her willingness, and leaves money in an open container on his future father-in-law's desk in payment for a long distance phone call he has made.

Another possible reason is negative correlation between risk aversion ( e. g., the willingness to purchase insurance ) and risk level ( estimated ex ante based on observation of the ex post occurrence rate of observed claims ) in the population: If risk aversion is higher amongst lower risk customers, such that persons less likely to engage in risk-increasing behavior are more likely to engage in risk-decreasing behavior ( i. e., to take affirmative steps to reduce risk ), adverse selection can be reduced or even reversed, leading to ' propitious ' or ' advantageous ' selection.

After much violence, Codreanu was approached by Goga and agreed to have his party withdraw from campaigning in the scheduled elections of 1938, believing that, in any event, the regime had no viable solution and would wear itself out — while attempting to profit from the king's authoritarianism by showing his willingness to integrate any possible single-party system.

However, Mr Justice Eady, the presiding judge in the case, said he decided not to refer the matter to the Attorney General with regard to possible perjury charges, as disclosure in the judgement of Lord Browne's behaviour was " probably sufficient punishment ", adding Browne's " willingness to tell a deliberate lie to the court, persisted in for about two weeks, ... is relevant in assessing his own credibility ...

It is possible that the increase resulted only from increased willingness to report incidents ; increased reporting has been one of the goals of the Department of Defense.

Talk of a possible challenge to his leadership appeared, but there was not yet any willingness for an open confrontation.

Independent valuation, in effect valuing each project at the beginning of a sequence, will always lead to the largest of the possible willingness to pay estimates.

Though ended, creators Pertsch and McGillis both extended a willingness for a possible two-hour reunion telemovie or a feature film.