He has read my most recent memoir, "Devotion," though in truth I think he's skimmed it for his own name.
These chapters of the book have the emotional detail and heartfelt power of recent classics of filial devotion like Martin Amis's "Experience" and Philip Roth's "Patrimony".
Her most recent step toward total devotion came when she begged her mom to take her to Cleveland to perform.
In recent weeks, reflecting on that devotion, two friends switched to jobs that better suited their own true interests.
(The most important example is Sarah Michelson, whose recent works "Dover Beach" and "Devotion" were full of meticulous dancing that didn't give short shrift to the purity of steps).
In recent months during exchanges of devotion to each other's interests it was understandable that Carter & his staff & local Democratic politicians were not eager to be reminded of the early months of this uear, when their relationship was one of insults.
In September, he was awarded the Distinguished Service Order (DSO) for "courage, enterprise, and devotion to duty on recent engagements"—in particular, his pinpointing of enemy minefields.
PLUSES -- The film has winning, warm-blooded performances by Mr. Considine and Ms. Morton playing parents whose mutual devotion is shadowed by the recent death of a young son.
"With Phil's recent win at the Masters and his devotion to family and cancer awareness," said John Sullivan, 61, an insurance agent from Charlotte, "I think this really elevates his status in the golf world.
"They may not be dropping their money in the collection plate every Sunday, but they're still going to get involved," said Alyshia Gálvez, an assistant professor at Lehman College whose recent book "Guadalupe in New York" explores Mexican devotion.
