If you had dreams of a career that required you to get some practice, you might devote some of your summer holidays to it.
Ruth L. Krugman Avon, Conn., Jan . 9 2011 To the Editor: One would think, for $150 an hour, that Barbara Reich might devote some effort to recycling or reusing unneeded items.
Within the cartography provided -- in a piece that analyzes hell with all the journalistic acuity that The Economist might devote to Greece's economic problems (another hell) -- are some memorable locutions: "Hell itself seemed poised uneasily on the very edge of time.
Some of Turkey's most formidable feminists cover their heads.Rather than squabble over a piece of cloth, Turkey's politicians might devote energy to addressing gender inequality.
The gesture had the studious flourish a minor orchestral instrumentalist – say, the triangle player – might devote to his one entrance.
Mr. Bloomberg, who has never been mistaken for Demosthenes, raced through much of his text with all the enthusiasm that one might devote to a cafeteria menu.
Instead of wasting time and money on repetitive habeas review, we might devote our resources to a new Federal Center for Defense Services that would support improved defense representation through grants, research and "best practices" standards.
IF DEMOSTHENES, the ancient Greek orator, could observe the Athens Olympics, he might devote one of his tirades to the ever-changing relationship between nations, individuals and sports.In his time, of course, only Greeks could take part in the games.
The drawings, many of fish, plants or reptiles, appeared in the books and on their jackets, often coming to the fore if words failed; and he spoke as he wrote, chewing over the sentences with the same reflective relish he might devote to potato pancakes, roast goose or liver sausage.
The studies find marginal tax rates greater than 50 percent for families above but near the poverty line, which means most of the money they might devote to employer-provided health insurance would come back to them in terms of reduced taxes and enhanced benefits.
The company is itself an offshoot of the Missyplicity Project, founded in 1998 when an anonymous couple gave $2.3 million to Texas A&M University so that biologists there might devote their considerable time and expertise to the remaking of the couple's pet dog, Missy.
