• And, every time he takes to the bully pulpit to urge integrity, family devotion or other noble things, his message will be blunted.

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  • Mr. Gill's passion for nature has helped to make him a star in his profession at a time when companies erecting headquarters feel compelled to prove their devotion to preserving or enhancing the environment.

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  • Whatever happens in the coming years in Los Angeles, there is widespread agreement among players that the region won't cultivate the passionate heartbreak of Chicago, the religious fervor of Red Sox Nation, the congenital, tribal pride New York's fans take in their teams, the vitriolic devotion of Philadelphia or the cerebral study of the game that occurs in St.

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  • Loyalty to one or the other mirrors the competitive devotion typically reserved for sports teams.

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  • They wear looks of pure devotion, like nuns or nurses at war.

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  • It has been a long war, and the American public has understandably lost interest, but these soldiers have not lost their devotion to the mission or their country.

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  • Because Ted understood that Bobby's legacy wasn't a devotion to one particular cause, or a faith in a certain ideology -- but rather, it was a sensibility.

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  • The movie is a Latino-Anglo solidarity pact: for all the cultural differences and bantering, the two men share a single-minded devotion to keeping order or, at least, controlling disorder.

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  • The medal, named after the pioneer of nursing, is presented every two years and honours "exceptional courage and devotion" to wounded, sick or disabled people or to civilian victims of war or a natural disaster.

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  • Of course, a president who feels that one religion's as easy to disbelieve in as another can't fathom the depths of faith in a Muslim fanatic any more than he can grasp the benign devotion of an American Roman Catholic, Baptist or Jew.

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  • For Petey's owners, whether they live in New York City or have to move away won't change what has become a life-altering devotion to pigs.

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