• Organizations and leaders talk about diversities, but few are really committed to incorporating it and what it takes, because they are not willing to be challenged and to overcome their own biases and limitations.

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  • He also said talks were stalling because the BBC was not willing to divert from its existing arrangement of paying a blanket fee to PRS for music.

    BBC: A radio presenter at her console

  • But if you were hoping that humankind was going to go in the direction of Mr Spock of Star Trek fame, it didn't happen and that is because humans essentially are not as a group willing to accept realities all the time.

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  • Even if it did ease rates and other lending restraints, credit would not rebound, they argue, because the banks cannot find willing borrowers.

    ECONOMIST: China��s economy

  • It is especially disappointing that America and the rest of the Free World are not willing to apply economic leverage on Iran right now because Iran's economy is hurting very badly, leaving them vulnerable to an effective sanctions regime.

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  • All this points to an economy that is faltering not because of slowing export demand but because European consumers are suddenly less willing to spend.

    ECONOMIST: Europe's economies

  • In SPED, the truth is that most districts have unfilled SPED slots year after year after year, because the workers just do not exist at anything NEAR the pay we are willing to give.

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  • Remember, my grandparents, they were -- they came out of the Depression, had it a lot worse than we did, and they understood what it meant to struggle, but they were willing to struggle because they knew it would be good for not only their own families, but for the country.

    WHITEHOUSE: Remarks by the President at a Campaign Event

  • Not because they have money but because they have a lot to gain and are willing to face the risks inherent in new medical technology.

    WSJ: Bionic Brains and Beyond

  • Properties are not selling because what buyers are prepared to pay falls well short of what sellers are willing, or able, to accept.

    BBC: House prices are stabilising, says Nationwide

  • It added that the majority of staff were willing to continue operations but had not been able to report to work because of acts of criminal intimidation.

    BBC: Kingfisher Airline to pay salary dues 'soon'

  • Steve and Karen are willing to speak out on an issue many would rather not talk about because they believe others in the military should not suffer in silence.

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  • What I'm not willing to do -- what I'm not willing to do is go back to the days when insurance companies could deny someone coverage because of a pre-existing condition.

    CNN: Transcript: Obama's State of the Union speech

  • Furthermore, the assumption that airline passengers would be willing to pay higher fares to travel on an airline because it has a higher priority is simply not realistic.

    ECONOMIST: Letters

  • "People come to Red Mountain because of what you can get in the area, and to get our expertise, but they're not willing to give up their personal luxuries to get it, " says Welsh.

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  • UBS's Warburg Dillion Read subsidiary has been regarded as one of the more successful bank-owned investment banks, not least because its pre-merger parent, Swiss Bank, was ruthless about organisational change and was also willing to put the subsidiary in charge of all corporate lending.

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  • Because the 17 governments that decided to adopt the euro will not - and maybe cannot - promise that their taxpayers are willing to pay the consequences.

    BBC: Bank worries bring echoes of 2008

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