The WHO, Médécins Sans Frontiers and ministries of health devote tremendous resources to building wards, isolating suspected patients and tracking their contacts.
The Los Angeles police, meanwhile, devoted tremendous resources to the high-profile investigation, with 20 detectives assigned to follow up on 600 leads.
But they also encourage companies to devote tremendous time and energy to figuring out how to get away with as much as possible, and to think of environmental concerns only as obstacles to profitability.
The result is that these organizations and their people devote tremendous effort, energy, and time to keeping themselves in sync: A study by the Boston Consulting Group found that, in the companies with the most complex goals, managers spend an average of 40% of their time writing reports and 30-60% in coordination meetings.
I don't view my behavior as superior to anyone, or anything (other than those who've been actively complicit in the recent American horror show), and I'm aware there are those who have devoted tremendous amounts of their time and efforts in righting our reeling ship of state.
Industry and academia are devoting a tremendous amount of resources to the testing of anti-inflammatory drugs for the treatment of Alzheimer's disease (AD).
"School districts have devoted a tremendous amount of time, resources and effort to improving their instruction to get their test results up," said Mr. Bixhorn, whose organization serves 53 school districts.
But he devoted "a tremendous amount of time and energy" to the 2005 paper, composing numerous drafts and allowing his name to appear as corresponding author.
And remember -- no matter how Rove tries to re-define you (and he will, constantly) -- make sure this one label sticks to you like glue! Devote a tremendous amount of time and spend a huge portion of your campaign money finding, recruiting, training and firing up VOLUNTEERS.
The dachshund owners say that, though willful and stubborn, their little dogs are devoted and have a tremendous sense of humor.
