The self-confidence, the indifference to criticism, the unwavering devotion to a personal vision of how best to prepare for emerging threats -- in short, the character traits that infuriated his critics during a long summer of budget battles -- are, today, just what Congress and the public and even the military say they want with the nation at war.
Coogler's commentary on the literal tribalism of the African diaspora, his devotion to a glorious vision of Africa, and, most provocatively, his visceral telling of the pain of existing as an orphan of history as seen in the story of Killmonger, whose separation from Africa is not simply historical but also paternal is striking but not unique.
The one time that the director Jean Renoir gave himself an onscreen star turn, however — in his panoramic 1939 romance, "The Rules of the Game" (Criterion) — he didn't just show off his antic charm; he put in plain view his great personal devotion to a project that was both a portrait of the artist and a vision of the times.
The two visions of higher education's future I described in my column this week – Stanford Professor Sebastian Thrun's mission of a virtual university and Stanford President John Hennessy's devotion to a flesh-and-blood campus – intrigued me because of the larger context.
Many women are rejecting sindoor, vermilion worn in the hair to signify devotion to a husband.
But against all these qualms, there is a fascinating life, and devotion to a fascinating topic.
In an interview, Porumboiu called his devotion to a man watching and waiting "absurd time".
Henry Ford did have, however, a missionary's devotion to a singular vision a working car that just about anyone could afford.
As devotion to a recreational activity increases with specialization, recreationists' ecological understanding (i.e., mental models) of the resource system is also expected to change.
