A private devotion of some kind.
The Reagan administration's professed dedication to traditional American moral values in its economic and social policies values such as self-reliance, individual initiative, devotion to family, and patriotism also reflected Kristol's influence.
After winning an N.B.A.-best 66 games in the regular season and advancing to the finals, the Celtics' stars made it clear that their accomplishments were not about individual excellence, but devotion to teamwork.
Nationalism, ideology based on the premise that the individual's loyalty and devotion to the nation-state surpass other individual or group interests.
("Einstein would become a supporter of world federalism, internationalism, pacificism, and democratic socialism, with a strong devotion to individual liberty and freedom of expression").
However hard Sartre tried to reconcile his devotion to individual freedom with the cyclical view of history perpetrated by Marxism, he never quite convinced his critics, among them Albert Camus.
The primary influence on Pater's mind was his classical studies, coloured by a highly individual view of Christian devotion and pursued largely as a source of extremely refined artistic sensations.
They let their slow improvisations overlap, and as Mughisuddin, on tabla, and Naseem Ahmed, on dhol (cylindrical drum), drove the accelerating rhythms, the singers took increasingly spectacular turns, individual testimonies of passionate devotion.
While I fully understand the concern of some Turkish women who feel that the ban against wearing the head scarf discriminates against them, the issue is about more than individual rights or personal devotion.
Imagine, though, what social influence could be wielded if one individual could harness the devotion of the estimated 1.2 billion Catholics with just as many, if not more, soccer followers across the globe — who cut across all cultures, classes and faiths.
Each individual poem is called a "Devotion," as if it were a new verse form: "Devotion: Redshift," "Devotion: Coin-Op".
