"Extraordinary service delivered with ingenuity, energy, and compassion; Commitment beyond the call of duty; Responsiveness to public needs...; Outstanding and reliable performance; Willingness to take risks...to improve services or correct abuses or inequities; Ability to adapt to change...; Dedication to upholding public interest amidst competing interests, pressures, and demands".
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky originally dedicated his violin concerto to Auer, but, disappointed that Auer regarded the work as unplayable, he changed the dedication.
But one thing has not changed: the dedication and skill of the craftsmen and women in preserving and adding to the great structure.
The mass mailing Harvard sent specified that the university sought "a person of high intellectual distinction, with proven qualities of leadership, a devotion to excellence in education and research, a capacity to guide a complex institution through a time of significant change, and a dedication to the ideals and values vital to a community of learning".
Many things may change, but our dedication to immersive experiences will not.
Later the duchess changed for the dedication service into a long porcelain blue silk dress.
Along the way there have been a few constants: long, often drug-fueled nights on the town, and every few years a new work of fiction, some of them requiring last-minute changes to the dedication page.
The dedication changed to St Mary the Virgin in the 14th century.
We only ever ask for a small donation – the cost of a coffee a week – which, over time, with the charity's know-how and dedication, can change the lives of thousands of people.
Advertisers may not come into the fold overnight, but this proves their dedication to change and shows they are a brand now more relevant to the time we live in".
(In fact, it's even more complicated than that, since Beethoven the apparently great revolutionary was also willing to change the symphony's dedication in order not to jeopardise the fee due from a royal patron).
