In 2005, he told the Atlas Society, which is devoted to promoting Rand's ideas, that she inspired his political career: "If I had to credit one thinker, one person, it would be Ayn Rand".
Mr. Kurtz, an 84-year-old who names his dogs for free thinkers throughout history, is the exiled founder of the Center for Inquiry, which is devoted to promoting humanism and criticizing religion.
It's called Paris à Vélo: C'est Sympa!, and is devoted to promoting the apparently insane notion that cycling in a city not noted for its laid-back, courteous motorists, can in fact be a pleasant option.
ORCHESTRA BAROCCA CAPPELLA DELLA PIETÀ DEI TURCHINI The venerable "Music Before 1800" series brings in the Neapolitan chamber orchestra, which is devoted to promoting the great music of its native city.
"When we were closed, and it was hard for Cuban artists to travel to the U.S., they were still producing and having their shows," said Ben Rodríguez-Cubeñas Rodríguez-Cubeñas who is chairman of the Cuban Artists Fund, which is devoted to promoting cultural exchanges.
I'm a Hallmark Channel expert — more on this in subsequent posts, or perhaps long-form articles or a multi-season podcast — but it took me a long time to figure out that Hallmark's business in Christmas cards, Valentines, and seasonal doodads is connected to the fact that the Hallmark Channel is devoted to promoting our love of holidays and, failing that, seasons.
In Shanghai today the pavilions are mostly devoted to promoting nations' tourism and business — propaganda that could be more widely disseminated online.
In the same period, the study found that 41percentt of Mr. Obama's advertisements had been devoted solely to attacking Mr. McCain, one-fifth mixed criticism of Mr. McCain with a positive message about Mr. Obama, and 38percentt were solely devoted to promoting Mr. Obama.
