"It's really important to take into consideration your partner's mind-set and their readiness to change, " she says.

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Nonetheless, Klau argues that a feature of recent ballots in Europe has been the readiness of voters to change their governments without turning to the political extremes, as seen in Spain's election in November.

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Klau argued that a feature of recent ballots in Europe has been the readiness of voters to change their governments without turning to the political extremes, pointing to Spain's election last November as an example.

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If you are forced because of the sequester to change our military readiness posture, that has an effect on our safety.

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Crossing the need for change based on the context and the cultural readiness for change can help you decide whether to Assimilate, Converge and Evolve (fast or slow), or Shock.

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But in a free society the moral footing for peaceful lawbreaking must be an individual's readiness to take the consequences, argue in court and fight for a change in the law.

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Moreover, I am asserting my readiness to submit, at a later time, an (additional) request to change any other clauses referred to me by the constitutional committee, according to the needs and justifications it sees fit.

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The Chair of the Lib Dems in Parliament, the Solihull MP Lorely Burt, is convinced that her party is determined to press the case for a change of course, and that Mr Cameron and his colleagues are signalling their readiness to give ground.

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