1.   And, generally, boards may be growing less willing to promise the company store.

2.   Investors grow more willing to tie up their money in longer-term investments when they are confident interest rates will not rise.

3.   It also fits the world view of conservative legal scholars, who argue that the courts have grown too willing to play Robin Hood.

4.   Like flashers in rumpled raincoats, people are growing increasingly willing to reveal themselves without the shame or reserve that inhibited earlier eras.

5.   Meanwhile, capital has collected in a small group of Atlanta venture funds even while outside investors have grown more willing to invest here.

6.   Radical Islamic fundamentalists throughout the world have grown increasingly willing to hit U.S. targets even if it means suicide.

7.   Russia has grown more willing to discuss certain aspects of its conversion and destruction programs as its concerns about financing them have mounted.

8.   As people increasingly trust the political system, they have grown more willing to seek help and justice, said Lamprecht.