Adorno's brand of Marxism had made him passé; his devotion to high art was out of step with the tastes of his radical students.
His literary lunacy, devotion to high art, association with the modernists, rackety personal life, expatriation and over-production - of novels, memoirs, poems, children's books, art monographs, criticism, literary history and travel books - always made him an awkward writer for the general British reader to appreciate.
So began an early devotion to high nutrition standards that influenced first my family, then my career.
His unparalleled devotion to higher education will touch the lives of students for generations.
Ever since the royal wedding last year, she has been feted for her populist devotion to high-street brands such as Whistles, LK Bennett and Reiss, but here she's revealed as so fashion-frugal that she wore a "pre-loved" dress by Jesiré at a National Portrait Gallery function.
Cry For You – which the Isley Brothers would sample in 2001 – saw them turning male vulnerability into high devotion: "Do anything you want me to/ Get on my knees for you".
There is so much to fall for: Heat's wit and irreverence, Grazia's uncanny ability to balance a harrowing story about illegal immigrants with a piece about Victoria Beckham's jeans, More's girl-gang sass and Look's catalogue-like devotion to the high street.
It should be interesting to see if the brand can inspire similar devotion with a high-flying lightweight.
His passionate attention to detail was inspiring, and his devotion to the highest of musical values knew no limit.
If old, blobbish Pluto could inspire such fervor, think of the devotion that new, high-res Pluto, with its ice mountains and possible cryovolcanoes, might command.
He and his colleagues willingly took me on, persisted in putting me through the paces and displayed an unfailing and contagious devotion to the highest standards of care.
