The minor sixties-type rebellion taking place in Russia manifests itself in a devotion to all things pre-Revolutionary.
"Bad No Impacter!" Ultimately, however, Mr. Beavan and other activists say the solution to climate change and environmental issues lies not only in a devotion to bicycles and buckets full of worms, but also in policy decisions.
But they harbor a pronounced sense of America's moral obligations, reflected most powerfully in a devotion to beleaguered democracies like Israel and Taiwan (and for some of them during previous administrations, Bosnia).
THERE is one thing that Britney Spears, circa-1980s Madonna, Gwen Stefani, "I Dream of Jeannie," the Spice Girls, "Clueless" and Matt Dillon in "Over the Edge" have in common: a devotion to the crop top.
WASHINGTON — In nearly a dozen recent terrorism cases in the United States, Britain and Canada, investigators discovered the suspects had something in common: a devotion to the message of Anwar al-Awlaki, an eloquent Muslim cleric who has turned the Web into a tool for extremist indoctrination.
Judging by comments posted online in response to Newsday articles, public opinion seemed muddled by the conflict between two underpinnings of life in Suffolk County — a devotion to the sanctity of private property, particularly one's home, and an assumption that the owner of the property is white.
But some say he never would have succeeded in that goal were it not for a lesser-known campaign that Brand, a onetime philosophy professor, pursued during his six years in office: a devotion to facts and making decisions based on them.
To do the job well you need certain habits of mind and traits of character: a sense of curiosity, an interest in history, a devotion to accuracy, a knack for telling a story, and a sense of moral concern, if not outrage, about public life.
As Lombardy, Sarsgaard calmy captures thought in action and keeps two ideas going cinematically at the same time: an absorption in chess and a devotion to the human side of life.
His "antidote to the failures of urban education" is teachers with "SNAP," or "a certain quick twitch in their bodies, an urgency in their voices, and a devotion to pursuing a measurable end goal".
He's a perfect subject for Vargas Llosa, who has always balanced his interest in narrative innovations with a devotion to Latin-American politics.
