The run of albums and tours from 1980's Dirty Mind to 1987's Sign o' the Times, taking endless risks in their willingness to splice genres and cross the tracks, made Madonna and Michael Jackson look formulaic.
"They bring their enthusiasm and willingness to work endless hours to restore something they love," she said.
Investment bankers' willingness to snort endless lines of dubious credit and spew them out as arcane "repackaged" mortgage-backed securities provided the impetus behind the boom.
Many criticise a byzantine governance structure which critics say rewards longevity, skill at internal politics and willingness to attend endless committee meetings, above managerial skills.
Japan's loss of gumption is most visible among its young men, who are widely derided as "herbivores" for lacking their elders' willingness to toil for endless hours at the office, or even to succeed in romance, which many here blame, only half jokingly, for their country's shrinking birthrate.
Despite my willingness to wait in the endless fitting-room line, I was unable to find one thing I really wanted to try on; I happen to know from experience that 1983 is unlikely to last forever.
She eases the humiliation they feel at their own ignorance, at their willingness to take advantage of endless credit card offers and at their willingness to pay back with trifling monthly minimums, which practically guarantees they will be hooked to debt like a junkie.
Europe has surprised me with its political resilience — the willingness of debtor nations to endure seemingly endless pain, the ability of the ECB to do just enough, at the very last minute, to calm markets when the financial situation seems ready to explode.
Moreover, while there is a broad consensus that the protection of individuals' personal data should be strengthened when technical developments open endless opportunities to collect and combine such information, the willingness to put trust in the scientific community and entrust scientists with exemptions varies.
