Regrettably, some Council members did not even want to take note of these letters.

Perhaps Cortés, blinded by his dreams of glory, was ready to sacrifice his troops even when the odds of victory were too slim.

Wilson wanted the League of Nations to administer all the German colonies until such time as they were ready for independence.

Hardly anyone on the European Council seems willing even to acknowledge the depth of the EU crisis.

Every time the US reiterates its refusal to set a deadline for withdrawal, it simply stokes political opposition, not to mention the insurgency.

Clinton s tour produced the clearest signals yet that America is unwilling to accept China s push for regional hegemony.

But even if the commitment strategy produced beneficial incentives, it might not have been worth the risk. Perhaps Cortés, blinded by his dreams of glory, was ready to sacrifice his troops even when the odds of victory were too slim.

But, even if Israel is ready to pay the price of harsh international condemnation, it is not clear success in such a war really means. Is toppling the Hamas regime a realistic option?

We must keep on working even harder than before. Then, when the moment of truth comes, we will be ready to seize the opportunity.

We are ready to expand our cooperative ties with more international organizations in order to make a joint contribution to peace and development in our region and in the world.

China is ready to join other Member States in further studying that issue in depth, so that consensus can be reached at an early date.

And Peres is ready to do so.

When push comes to shove, they are prepared to do just enough to hold the eurozone together, even if the necessary steps are economically and politically distasteful.

First, key emerging actors China, Russia, and India are not ready, willing, or even capable of performing a stabilizing international role.

We are prepared to do this.

We must be ready to adopt them.

We are prepared to discuss those issues.

The secretariat remains ready to participate with the Office of Internal Oversight Services in a joint lessons learned exercise if the Office is prepared to do the same.

Unfortunately, thus far, there is no sign that the crisis countries, above all France, are ready to bite the bullet.

He was ready to cooperate on containing the Soviet Union, even agreeing to the installation of secret American intelligence listening posts along China s border to track Soviet missiles.

Iraq and Kuwait are ready to undertake the handover.

They are ready to adapt to new conditions.

They seem to be poised to disrupt Europe once again.

But people were willing to give him a chance.

The IMF stands ready to do its part.

Is anybody willing to take me there?

The United Nations is prepared to assist in finalizing the negotiations.

The international community is ready to assist them in that endeavour.

Foreigners now hold roughly half of all US federal government debt, and they are willing to hold it when it yields a very low return in dollars (and even when the dollar depreciates).

I'm willing to go thermonuclear war on this.

Back then, Wall Street was ready for the job.

But we aren t willing to do that.

Is the world really willing to accept such an absurdity?

According to founder Seta Ghazarian, it has capacity for up to 16 women.

Oil companies continue having scientists on their payroll who are willing to sow doubts.

UNMEE is ready to carry out similar activities in Eritrea.

Industry is ready to make the necessary investments.

Global investors are apparently willing to accept these extraordinarily low rates, even though they do not appear to compensate for expected inflation.

The Iranians indicated that while they would not be willing to give up their right to enrichment in principle, they were willing to consider the compromise solution.

An impasse is looming. More money will be needed, but Americans are in no mood to provide it certainly not on the terms that have been seen so far.

Tom says he's willing to do just about anything for me.

Are the Japanese really ready to accept such a cure?

The question remains whether Europeans will be willing to do so.

Simply put, governments should be ready to let banks fail.

We are now ready to launch Syria Untold.