In the 1970s, the church quickly emerged as one of the most organized and devoted forces working against the ratification of the E.R.A., a proposed amendment to the Constitution that guaranteed equality of rights under the law, regardless of sex.
While the fighting around Damascus has been intense, analysts say rebels are probably unable to overrun the capital; rather, in forcing the government to devote forces to Damascus, their offensive could hasten the loss of control in other parts of the country.
Sometimes his attacks suggest he is more devoted to forcing Mr. Bush out than getting Mr. Kerry in.
Bridge was her mania and much of her life was devoted to forcing people to play with her.
Whitehill and Venegas worked on a special task force devoted to human trafficking.
The new mayor, Dan Sullivan, a Republican, has created a staff position and a task force devoted to addressing homelessness.
After order is restored, the UN plans a "follow-on" force devoted to supporting constitutional rule.Yet the suspicion remains that the United States is blessing a coup.
Londoners need a force devoted to protecting their security, which treats all sections of the community equally, and which enjoys the consent and trust of everyone.
That summer, the Justice Department also rejected calls to create a task force devoted to mortgage-related investigations, leaving these complex cases understaffed and poorly funded, and only much later established a more general financial crimes task force.
Understood broadly as a deliberate undertaking to enforce common standards within a community and to protect it from internal predators, policing is much older than the creation of a specialized armed force devoted to such a task.
