However, in spite of well-documented evidence relating the escalating incidence of cancer to a wide range of avoidable carcinogenic exposures, the NCI remains "asleep at the wheel," and has stubbornly refused to devote significant resources to prevention.
Moreover, as a voter and writer, a large part of my psyche almost refuses to devote any more keystrokes and column inches to detailing tales of elected officials who are now incarcerated or voted out of office for violating the public's trust and breaking laws.
But eunuchs still retained influential positions within the government, for the emperor refused to devote himself to statecraft.
He refuses to devote his career to the demolition of Berlusconi, preferring dismissal to demonisation, and telling the former prime minister "to his face" that he would very much like to send him into retirement.
He also claimed Mr Varadarajan had refused to devote sufficient coverage to India's main opposition candidate, Narendra Modi, a Hindu nationalist and one of country's most divisive politicians, who is accused of stoking tensions that led to the killings of Muslims in 2002.
For its part, Microsoft made the unprecedented decision to author an app on its own after YouTube refused to devote any of its resources to supporting Windows Phone devices with an approved native app.
Understand that you are dealing with a target audience that doesn't care enough, or simply refuses to devote the time to learn the real facts regarding the real issues.
When devoted Republican Lindsay Arthurs walks into a polling booth on 8 November, she will stare at two names on the presidential ballot – Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump – and refuse to choose.
