And those who devote their lives to doing epidemiologic research are eager, understandably, to obtain results that will contribute to disease prevention.

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During Peace Officers Memorial Day and Police Week, we recall the selflessness of our law enforcement officers and their families, and we honor all those who devote their lives to forging a stronger, safer America.

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He wants to end the special treatment enjoyed by ultra-orthodox Jews, who are exempt from military service and who often choose to devote their lives to studying scripture on welfare rather than working and paying tax.

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Mr Miliband claimed the PM's promises to modernise the NHS were "coming back to haunt him", and suggested Mr Cameron thought he "knew better" than the doctors and nurses who "devote their lives to the health service".

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We should celebrate the work of those who devote their entire lives to the cultivation of our children, and we should continue working to draw the best and brightest to the field of education.

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The classic philanthropy model (the super rich who devote the rest of their lives to the effective distribution and use of their wealth to alleviate societal ills) is still a long way away for China as it needs to overcome the lack of religious, cultural and historical precedents to philanthropy that is so evident in western countries.

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Despite the fact they have more than enough money to spend the rest of their lives on their yachts, many mega-rich professionals devote more than 40 hours a week in jobs that are oftentimes banal and stressful.

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It's the only way to give millions of capable women the ability to recalibrate the time that they devote to work at different stages of their lives.

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