When Mr. Obama decided in June to bypass the $84 million in public financing for the general election, campaign officials calculated that to make it worth the additional time he would need to devote off the campaign trail to fund-raising, they needed to raise two to three times the $84 million.
After all, what are we to make of Andrew Shirvell, an assistant attorney general in Michigan who devoted his off hours to a blog denouncing the openly gay student body president at his alma mater, the University of Michigan?
Relatively little attention has been devoted to OFF responses (Kyriazi et al., 1994; Brecht & Sakmann, 2002; Minnery et al., 2003).
At www.realgoods.com, a retail site that markets environmentally friendly products, a highly popular reader forum is the one devoted to off-the-grid living.
"I think Tread Lightly is just a veiled form of extreme environmentalism," said Brad Lark, publisher of extreme4x4.com, a Web site devoted to off-roading.
Specific attention has also been devoted to off-board DC fast-charging architectures, which play a fundamental role in the integration of stationary energy storage systems and renewable energy sources with the main grid.
"I was a little further along than I was at this point last year," said Clemens, who devoted his off-season to running, shifting weight from his chest and shoulders.
On top of that he's starred in Les Miserables, Any Human Heart, Poldark and the first series of Fleabag as the title character's devoted on-off boyfriend (a role he resumes in the second series).
Many studies show that natural disasters are strongly correlated with an increase of workforce, including children, and more hours devoted to off-farm activities at the expense of lower wages (Jalan and Ravallion 1999; Beegle et al. 2003; De Janvry et al. 2006; Santos 2007; Baez and Santos 2007).
The Water Stealer (Faber), published in the year he turns 60, is only Riordan's fourth full-length collection – this is a poet who refuses to over-publish – and the care and dedication he devotes to his craft pay off here.
