The British pride themselves on their austere military life and willingness to take more risks than their American counterparts.
In real life, the willingness to ask and learn from your partner is often what separates the good lovers from those who are totally forgettable".
A sticking point for Epicurean ethics and politics is the justification for a further dimension of communal life: the willingness to sacrifice oneself for a friend, or to risk breaking the law for the greater good of one's fellow citizens (Sharples 1996: 122).
It is a kind of Mafia structure; it is a gang but it also possesses certain very sinister post-Communist features, such as a lack of respect for human life and willingness to sacrifice their own people.
Additional variables that we analysed included patient quality of life and willingness to pay for HM services.
She reported a general improvement, feelings of inner warmth, and developmental improvement (i.e., movements, balance, sense of touch; and joy for life and willingness to learn).
4. Level of satisfaction after completion of OT: Satisfaction with the outcome, improved self-image, reaction of family and friends, improvement in daily activities, changes in social life, and willingness to undergo orthodontic treatment again in the future should it be required.
The intervention is likely to be cost saving from a societal perspective with a high likelihood of being under a £20 000 per quality-adjusted life-year willingness to pay threshold.
There was a 91% probability that nurse-led follow-up was cost-effective compared to standard follow-up, discarding quality-of-life effects (willingness to pay €0, Figure 3).
My conclusion was that the three players represented phases of my life and a willingness to take it in a new direction just weeks before my wedding.
It led in some ways to the author's father's no longer caring about his own life, increasing his willingness to take political risk.
