His first effort, the $787 billion stimulus package, ended up devoting only a small part of the money to public works, and many stimulus projects were selected more because they were "shovel ready" and could get people working relatively quickly than because they were particularly transformative.
Though Vogel sometimes fills in for Spinney when there are scenes the veteran would rather not work on (he's not a fan of green screen work, for instance), the young puppeteer has ended up devoting more of his time toward directing episodes of the show than covering for his mentor.
Dr. Gorbach ended up devoting much of his career to tracking down the cause of that outbreak and pursuing treatments.
Mr. Mullen joined the firm as a lawyer but ended up devoting most of his time to its business operations.
I ended up devoting a year and thousands of dollars to getting such help, from therapists and honest friends.
Harvard and other elite universities have done well at transforming poor students into rich adults — mostly because they turn everybody into rich adults, regardless of background — but because their acceptances are so skewed toward the wealthy, they end up devoting far more time helping wealthy students stay wealthy than they do helping the poor break into the upper crust.
But, because most companies are set up to focus on the first sale rather than on all the ones that might follow, they end up devoting all their energies to courting us, promising wonderful products and excellent service.
It seems because minority communities tend to be poorer, they end up devoting more of their resources to conspicuous consumption.
In practice, that means that you end up devoting, say, £60 a month to drinking out, and not spending more once it runs out – even if you have £30 left in your clothes budget.
And ultimately, they said, caseworkers end up devoting so much time to filling out papers and plugging data into computer systems they have not mastered that they are left with little time to help families in crisis.
