At that moment, they launched themselves into an alternative waterfront existence in Kingston, N.Y., in which countless hours and virtually every spare dollar for the past decade have been devoted to a painstaking restoration of the Elise Ann.
There were signs that a line had been crossed for China, which has devoted years of painstaking diplomatic effort, and staked its relationship with the United States, on the premise that it could deliver a peaceful, negotiated solution to the standoff with North Korea.
Having devoted hundreds of unpaid, painstaking hours to the rectory matter, however, the commission could hardly be expected to soldier on, after such a vote of "no confidence" from the town board.
"Signs, Games and Messages," an abundant three-week festival here at the South Bank Center, devoted to the minuscule, painstaking art of the Hungarian composer Gyorgy Kurtag, has established the strength of his music within a powerful context.
An artist can be too interested in Marcel Duchamp for his own good too: a whole gallery is devoted to Hamilton's painstaking copy of Duchamp's The Large Glass, as if the partially shattered original did not in fact exist.
They joyfully name as incompetent charlatans people who have devoted their lives to painstaking research.
In the end, he has devoted his career to that very brand of painstaking investigation.
Despite the volume, the work is painstaking; one seamstress's time is devoted entirely to applying lace.
"Women and Human Development" is devoted to elaborating this concept and discussing in painstaking detail its implications for women and feminism in developing countries.
