It includes the American Small Business League (ASBL) and various pressure groups for women and minority entrepreneurs, all of which devote most of their lobbying energy to increasing their share of the fiscal gravy train.
In addition, stores like First Base must also deal with competition from large retail giants like Target, Wal-Mart and even CVS, all of which devote shelf space to sports and gaming cards.
Westford Hill Distillers in Ashford is one of a growing group of artisanal distillers in this country, most of which devote their skills to producing intensely flavored vodka, gin, rum or whiskey in small quantities.
One of the worst offenders is the London Review of Books, which devotes just 26% of its coverage to books by women.
But it's only a small part of "Chaucer," which devotes far more time to the artistic pursuits of Matt, Sarah and Pete.
There is indeed a Maranatha document written for the National Association for Research and Therapy of Homosexuality which devotes a whole chapter stressing the links between homosexuality and pedophilia.
Some of her works are in the permanent collection of the BMA, which devoted an exhibit to her in 2000, a 30-year retrospective of her career.
It found its groove mid-season during an episode titled Looking at the Future, which devoted all of its time to tracking an eventful day between the show's protagonist, video game designer Patrick (Groff) and his hairdresser love interest Richie.
For instance, the penetration of red blood cells by the malaria Plasmodium merozoite is driven by an elaborate actin machinery of the particle (the parasite), which devotes all its resources to wrap the cell membrane around itself.
Instead, she said, it has a "sick care system," which devotes almost all of its resources — expenditures reached nearly $2.6 trillion a year in 2010 — to treating patients after they become ill.
Military spending creates spatial concentrations of prime contractors, subcontractors, consultants, universities, skilled workers, and government installations, all of which are devoted to research and development on, or the manufacture of, military systems and technologies.
