The design, refined by Gordon Bunshaft, a partner in the firm, and others would express openness and accessibility where other bank buildings had expressed solidity and safety.

The structure of a mosque is simple and it expresses openness.

With a new government in Congo that has expressed openness to United Nations peacekeeping efforts, there is growing pressure on Uganda and Rwanda to rein in their activities in support of Congo rebels, United Nations and Congolese officials and Western diplomats say.

However, in contrast with the literalist biblical interpretation of some Christian creationists, some of them express openness to multiple interpretations of Genesis, through Jewish oral tradition and Jewish mysticism.

"This sends a horrible message to New Yorkers and is personally offensive to me, particularly since Senator Bruno expressed openness to transgender inclusion when I last spoke with him," Mr. Duane wrote.

There was close joint work between Russian and Polish specialists (in the words of Polish foreign minister Radoslav Sikorsky, the Russian side expressed "openness beyond normal standards").

In recent times, however, many African American women have expressed a desire and openness to marriage with non-African American men.

Geraldo Rivera, the host of Geraldo at Large, a news magazine run by Fox News Channel, expressed openness towards claims that question the causes of the collapse of 7 World Trade Center.

Eventually she and her daughter (and Robertson's niece) Gail Metcalf expressed openness to going through with testing.

Yet there is no reason not to strike a deal with Iran on suspending its 20 percent uranium enrichment, especially since Iran's leaders have expressed openness to such deals in the past.