In October 2001, the United States dedicated weeks of precision air strikes to trying to kill Mullah Muhammad Omar and other Taliban leaders, to little effect.
In 1938, the New Yorker's Meyer Berger dedicated weeks of leg-work to garnering a coveted invitation to one of these underground cannabis clubs.
There is now a dedicated week for digital video content creators to shop their digital-only programming to advertisers called the "NewFronts".
Learning Leaders, a 48-year-old organization with more than 14,000 volunteers, has begun an initiative enlisting parent volunteers who will dedicate six weeks to helping children attending summer school to sharpen their skills in English.
Canyon Ranch, the upscale spa that usually caters to adults, is dedicating two weeks this summer to a weight-loss program for parents and teenagers 14 to 17 years old.
Take the kids to the five-star Kalkan Regency with Exclusive Escapes (0208 6053500; exclusiveescapes.co.uk), a boutique hotel which offers dedicated family weeks during the school holidays at reductions of around 30 per cent.
The "findings" of its policy group on national and international security has alienated many individuals who have dedicated days, weeks, months and even years striving to create greater harmony in the communities' co-existence with the rest of society.
An idea grew up from the artists' studios of São Paolo: to dedicate a week to modern art, to run alongside the government-organised centenary celebrations.
Each year, Greek fraternities and sororities at GW dedicate a week to philanthropic causes; this year Delta Tau Delta chose to rally behind their brother's father.
For material, the photographer dedicated several weeks to detailed research, poring over The Prelinger Archives' recordings from JFK's Rice University speech and NASA's archival images of the first U.S. space missions.
