"Charles is very single-minded in his complete, unambiguous devotion to sustaining the OSS memory," says David Cohen, who joined the OSS Society board following posts as deputy commissioner for intelligence at the New York Police Department and No. 2 at the CIA.
Thais, aware of monks' devotion to sustaining all life, often drop their unwanted dogs at temple gates after dark.
At first, devotion to Ronald sustained Brittain: every war-torn body she tended represented his.
But it takes devotion to get such artlessness right.
Our varied practices and devotions continue to sustain so many through sus luchas.
And so we are left with the image of this kindly and cultured man, who knew first-hand the sacrifice and devotion it takes to sustain even a small ballet company — a fragile corner of civilization — and how fast it can all be destroyed.
One surprising development has been the online strength of a Republican long shot, Representative Ron Paul of Texas, who has garnered fierce devotion online and been able to sustain his campaign in large part from Internet donations.
Something similar was happening in dance, but with a significant difference: the art of dance was not being demolished, it was only being born, and it would require Martin's patience, devotion, and intricacy of thought to sustain it.
In the end, he was overmatched: he didn't have the temperament — he was too absorbed by the fascinations of his own depression and self-loathing — to sustain the necessary devotion.
We remember that it is their courage, their unselfishness, their devotion to duty that has sustained this country through all its trials and will sustain us through all the trials to come.
In China the term refers not only to enlightened beings, but also to the materials through which buddhas are made present, including statues, the buildings that house statues, relics and their containers, and all the finances needed to build and sustain devotion to buddha images.
