The occasion confirmed a devotion to Balanchine that has never wavered, although occasionally it has been deflected he does so many ballets, quite a number of which are something less than magnificent.
"Like his predecessors, Pope Francis, too, confirms that devotion to the shroud that millions and millions of pilgrims recognise as a sign of the mystery of the passion and death of the Lord," the archbishop said.
When visiting, you will notice that not only are citizens of these countries wary of how they speak about their governments, but they also frequently display leaders' pictures to confirm their devotion.
Even the most cynical reporters might not question her death, but there was a time when even the most novice reporters would not file a story without adding voices from Kekua's camp confirming Te'o's devotion.
The Republicans and Trump are embarked on the opposite course — confirming that the G.O.P.'s devotion to deficit reduction, which in 2011 prompted members of the Party to refuse to raise the debt ceiling, is purely cynical.
It was a conversion experience that confirmed for good my devotion to the art of movies, and it launched me toward the discovery of the Hollywood classics that inspired Godard's film as well as ahead, into the modernity of the art that "Breathless," in turn, inspired.
But still, too often the show confirms the Modern's blind devotion to the wan, cerebral machinations of late-late-late Conceptualism.
Books as physical objects figure at many junctures in the déroulement of the plot: it is, for example, by finding an inscribed copy of Donne's Devotions that Phoebus confirms his suspicion that Glapthorn is Glyver is Duport, true heir to the Tansor fortune.
As with Wagner, we wonder whether Bess's act confirms or transcends stereotypes of feminine devotion.
John House is president of the House Research Institute, which was founded in 1946 by his father, Howard P. House, M.D. His devotion and expertise as a teacher confirm his belief in the Institute's philosophy to share knowledge through professional education.
His devotion to specific facets of contemporary music was confirmed only this month - Gilded Goldbergs, Robin Holloway's marvellously imaginative "take" on Bach for two pianos, is Gramophone magazine's record of the month.
