Word: willingness
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But some Americans see this incident in a much different light--as emblematic of how Jackson, a two-time presidential candidate and a leading civil rights figure, is willing to co-opt even the most solemn issues for his own political advancement.
"It's important for me to establish that this is my campaign," she said in a recent New York Times interview. "It's important that I go solo here for a while. Bob will certainly be willing to do his share of campaigning, but I'll be making the decisions...
Murphy said he was more willing to change his position after the May 26 meeting with students, than after he received their April 25 letter of demands.
He says the new century brings with it a sense that there is "a new beginning. "People are more willing to turn the page."
This controversy came just three years after the dismissal of Joycelyn M. Elders from the surgeon general post. Elders was removed because of a comment she made about masturbation and her admission that she would be willing to consider the decriminalization of marijuana.