1.   Dudley also proved more willing to appoint ducal servants to offices in his gift and to employ them in his own administration.

2.   The House proved willing to amend or reject legislation put before it as well as to remove individual ministers and on the occasion the government itself.

3.   The unions, facing their own penury, have in any case proved decreasingly willing to bankroll a party incapable of winning elections.

4.   Banks wanting to enter Texas or expand here have proved willing to pay up.

5.   But his caution has frustrated some supporters, who had hoped he would prove more willing to confront rival factions.

6.   But Nicholas proved fearlessly willing to challenge injustice.

7.   Cities may prove willing to swallow a few months of criticism in return for the windfall that would be produced by the meters that taketh away.

8.   If crude oil prices fall and stay down, refiners could prove more willing to increase their inventories, which could help lower heating oil prices.

9.   If the legislative branch proved willing to stand up to the powerful Aristide, Haitians have asked, what does that bode for Preval?