Or why, for that matter, expect people who have lived with a single-minded dedication to a single narrow field of endeavor to know anything special, let alone anything practical, about life at large?
In his crowd, dedication to a single woman was unusual.
Cusack's wholehearted dedication to a single company might seem antique, even foolhardy, in today's protean world.
Though much in education these days is based on the theory that children benefit from being exposed to different subject and activities, Badger has long taught long-term dedication to the mastering of a single task: swimming.
Unlike Chanel, who lived at the Ritz, and Schiaparelli, who partied with the Surrealists, their evenings on the town enhancing their fashion reputations, Madame Grès went about dressmaking with the single-minded dedication of a nun in a turban.
In this dedication - in this dedication of a nation, we humbly ask the blessing of God.
The "tranquil and steady dedication of a lifetime".
As seen previously, the bulk of progress relies on the number and dedication of a few talented users.
Dedication of the new line to a single type of high-powered, lightweight train-set (a permanently coupled, invariable set of vehicles with inbuilt traction) enabled engineering of the infrastructure with gradients as steep as 3.5 percent, thereby minimizing earthwork costs, without detriment to maintenance of a 270-km- (168-mile) per hour maximum speed.
In other photos, we find the rituals of riders bathing and at rest; displays of gruelling dedication; the excitement of worshipping crowds; and, of course, the march of the race, wherein the mass of many forms a single field.
