The film's sharp comic timing, keen attention to the story's Queens locations, and jovial devotion to people at work — whether in the fast-food restaurant where Akeem finds love or in the barbershop where he finds wisdom — suggest Landis's comic debt to Howard Hawks, to whose "A Song Is Born" he pays visual homage.
Her "fearlessness and devotion to advancing rights at work... paved the way for thousands of flight attendants".
The root causes, he says, were traits inherited from his father, namely a pursuit of perfectionism and "obsessive devotion to work" at the expense of family.
Now on the budget, I guess if I had said, 'It's just politically unrealistic to do options one and eight,' then he might say, 'Well, let's not mess with it.' " Mr. Bolten is well liked by the president for what friends say is his wry wit and a devotion that often keeps him at work until midnight.
They all think, 'I can even turn this into a marketing tool, so people will see how devoted I am to my craft.' " No one watching Mr. Ralph at work is likely to question his devotion.
And in them, as in all art, conflicting impulses are at work: politics and entertainment, personal devotion and personal gain.
Similarly, the usefulness and ease of use of a system perceived by employees or users allow them to gain support and encouragement at work, thereby motivating them to devote more efforts to their job and even actively participate in work-related activities; consequently, employee's devotion to their jobs is improved.
And her single-minded devotion to work paid off: just as she became adept at collecting gold stars as a schoolgirl, so she graduated from Princeton summa cum laude and, as a prosecutor, began racking up convictions.
This spirit of self-affirmation was at work in evangelicals' enduring support for Bush, in the enthusiasm for the Dean campaign among the young, secular and tech-savvy, and now in the devotion that Palin inspires among socially conservative women.
extreme devotion to work (choosing work over friends or family etc).. lack of flexibility and generosity.
