Wayne Bronner says the family's long-term planning and willingness to reinvest profits has grown the company into what it is today.

VOA: special.2009.12.25

But it is the energy of the artists and their willingness to share their work with others that makes the festival so interesting.

VOA: special.2009.08.05

"If you present it to them in a way that engages their imagination, that engages their playfulness, that engages their willingness, they come alive."

VOA: special.2010.06.03

And Roosevelt's willingness to accept an unbalanced budget would be the first step toward federal budget deficits that would grow steadily in the years to come.

VOA: special.2011.04.07

He was known for his willingness to risk his own life to save others.

VOA: special.2009.03.22

This year,stores and online sellers are seeing a little more willingness to spend.

VOA: special.2009.12.21

"They are communicating their willingness and their desire to sit down and have dialogue and discussions leading, hopefully,to normal diplomatic relations,"

VOA: standard.2009.04.07

Thus far, statements made by Israel's new leaders do not indicate any willingness to negotiate or make concessions.

VOA: standard.2009.04.09

U.S.mediators face huge gaps as they try to broker a return to talks, with neither side showing signs of a willingness to compromise.

VOA: standard.2009.10.30

"Greece is a reminder of what happenswhen governments lack the willingness to act decisively and quickly."

VOA: standard.2010.05.17

"A willingness to follow your passions, regardless of whether they lead to fortune or fame,"

VOA: standard.2009.05.14

South Korean Foreign Ministry spokesman Moon Tae-young expressed Seoul's willingness to work with Mr.Hatoyama.

VOA: standard.2009.08.31

"There has to be a willingness on everyone's part to give more than they want to give and to accept less than they want to get.

VOA: standard.2009.11.25

with the withdrawal from Iraq, the willingness for peace the closure of Guantanamo."

VOA: standard.2009.03.18

She also spoke of Washington's willingness to work with allies to end violence in the oil-rich Niger Delta and the Democratic Republic of Congo's troubled Kivu regions.

VOA: standard.2009.08.16

Despite Verkhovsky's skepticism about the Russian government's willingness to help NGOs, the State Duma is debating a bill that would ease some of the tighter regulations governing NGOs.

VOA: standard.2009.08.04

He wants recognition for his boldness,bravery, his willingness to take on organized crime, at a time when the war on drugs is increasingly unpopular in his own country.

VOA: standard.2010.05.17

"A willingness to question conventional wisdom and rethink the old dogmas."

VOA: standard.2009.05.14

During last year's presidential campaign, Barack Obama expressed a willingness to meet leaders of nations with which the United States has no official diplomatic relations, including Cuban President Raul Castro.

VOA: standard.2009.04.15

But the United States is nonetheless joining its P5+1 partners in accepting the Iranian invitation, in order to test Iran's willingness to engage in meaningful talks on its nuclear program.

VOA: standard.2009.09.11

"He possesses a quality that I value in all my advisors: a willingness to tell leaders what we need to know, even if it is not what we want to hear."

VOA: standard.2010.06.05

Iftekhar Ahmed Chowdhury, a fellow at the Institute of Asian Studies at the National University of Singapore, says the meeting appears to signal Burma's willingness to engage with the United States.

VOA: standard.2009.08.14

Secretary Clinton, who is visiting Jerusalem for the second time since President Barack Obama took office, will gauge Israel's willingness to compromise during her meetings with officials including Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

VOA: standard.2009.10.31

(applause) "And,nations within this body do the Palestinians no favors when they choose vitriolic attacks against Israel over constructive willingness to recognize Israel's legitimacy and its right to exist in peace and security."

VOA: standard.2009.09.23

The Secretary General of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, Surin Pitsuwan, recently told VOA that Washington's willingness to talk with Burma, also known as Myanmar, is opening a "new ballgame" for the region.

VOA: standard.2009.11.02