Devoted to his continent, he has served as president of the African Swimming Confederation, CANA, from 1987 – present ( 2009 ) and the Union of African Sports Confederations.

Olivia Newton-John has stated that her performance of " Hopelessly Devoted to You " in the movie Grease is inspired by Debbie Reynolds ' performance of " Tammy " in Tammy and the Bachelor.

It has also supported and participated in a number of UN programs, including the second Special Session of the United Nations General Assembly Devoted to Disarmament held in 1982.

Devoted to the principle of liberty ( though not for slaves ) and fearful of corruption, Calhoun built his reputation as a political theorist by his redefinition of republicanism to include approval of slavery and minority rights — with the white South the minority in question.

The soundtrack album spent 12 non-consecutive weeks at No. 1 and yielded three Top 5 singles for Newton-John: the platinum " You're The One That I Want " ( No. 1 Pop, No. 23 AC ) with John Travolta, the gold " Hopelessly Devoted to You " ( No. 3 Pop, No. 20 Country, No. 7 AC ) and the gold " Summer Nights " ( No. 5 Pop, No. 21 AC ) with John Travolta and the film's cast.

She was also nominated for a Golden Globe as Best Actress in a Musical and performed the Oscar-nominated " Hopelessly Devoted to You " at the 1979 Academy Awards.

The Queen gave him gifts and created two medals for him, the Faithful Servant Medal and the Devoted Service Medal.

Seeing through her son's bragging, the Queen announces instead that a special medal for bravery, the " Devoted Service Medal ," will be minted and awarded to Mr. Brown.

Devoted to the cause of humanity, he proposed a plan for the collaboration of all European intellectuals, and started in London a paper, Journal du Lycée de Londres, which was to be the organ of their views.

Devoted to her beloved Portugal, as she set sail for England any distress she may have felt at leaving her family and her home was no doubt lessened by the knowledge that her marriage had been hailed as ' the welcomest news that ever came to the Portuguese people '.

Except for one book published in 1931 ( Clinical Notes on Disorders of Childhood ), all of Winnicott's books were published after 1944, including The Ordinary Devoted Mother and Her Baby ( 1949 ), The Child and the Family ( 1957 ), Playing and Reality ( 1971 ), and Holding and Interpretation: Fragment of an Analysis ( 1986 ).

Devoted to his family, he crossed the continent on his first American trip to visit Mother Mary Baptist Russell of San Francisco ( who, with two others of his sisters, had entered the Order of Mercy ), and found time to write for his children and send them day by day an admirable account of his experiences.

Historically the Threshold fan club was called Devoted and consisted of irregular news bulletins and alerts when fan club CDs were for sale.

In 1923 the party briefly experimented with a four page weekly Labor Digest: Devoted to the Working Class Struggle for Power.

Devoted Catholic and to the fulfillment of his religious obligations, Gildo was a supporter and advocate of Cursillos de Cristiandad Movement for more than 40 years, both in the Archdiocese of San Juan and the Diocese of Caguas.

( Smiths for Weapon / Armor Crafting ; Tailor for Clothcraft ; Even Classes Devoted to Language Skills.

Devoted primarily to politics, Niles ' Weekly Register is considered an important source for the history of the period.

* Gratacap, L. P. “ Formative Museum Period ,” Science, A Weekly Journal Devoted to the Advancement of Science, Publishing the Official Notes and Proceedings of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.

Devoted to Christianity, he was criticized for his polygamy.

Devoted to training young engineer officers in the art of war, General Black's greatest responsibility came as Chief of Engineers during World War I in mobilizing and training some 300, 000 engineer troops for a wide range of military engineering tasks.

Gaudi, 1852 – 1926, Antoni Gaudi i Cornet-A Life Devoted to Architecture.

Devoted to his family, he dedicated his major work, A Guide to Jewish Religious Practice to his children, sons-in-law and 13 grandchildren listing each by name.

* Star Frontiers Revival Site: Devoted to collaborative community development and discussion of Star Frontiers.

The Antiquary: A Magazine Devoted to the Study of the Past 1885 Volume XI: January – June.

* in70mm. com — The 70 mm Newsletter Devoted to 70 mm films new and old

) Newton-John became the second female ( after Linda Ronstadt in 1977 ) to have two singles – " Hopelessly Devoted to You " and " Summer Nights " – in the Billboard Top 5 simultaneously.

A Devoted Husband and Father.

" Hers reads: " Devoted companion to the extreme sacrifice.

* Semblance of a Devoted Past, Berkeley, CA: Bern Porter, 1944.

Devoted fans of the car even discovered a way to circumvent US safety regulations by placing more recently manufactured Mexican Beetles on the floorpans of earlier, US-registered cars.

Devoted to Demeter and Persephone, these initiation ceremonies were the most sacred and ancient of all the religious rites celebrated in Greece.

These are Maureen Borland's Wilde's Devoted Friend: A Life of Robert Ross 1869 – 1918 ( 1990 ), Jonathan Fryer's Robbie Ross ( 2000 ) and Neil McKenna's The Secret Life of Oscar Wilde ( 2003 ) which looked in detail at Ross ' sexuality.

However, for Hanoverian industry, the new connection with Prussia meant an improvement in business.

According to the International Monetary Fund, " despite efforts to simplify licensing and business registration, there has been no significant improvement in the business climate.

* An emphasis on business model management and thereby a continuous improvement and governance approach to the business model.

* An emphasis on business model management and thereby a continuous improvement and governance approach to the business model.

# Create constancy of purpose toward improvement of product and service, with the aim to become competitive, stay in business and to provide jobs.

The impact on actual team building can vary widely-a golf outing for corporate executives does not generally accomplish much in the way of organizational improvement while a business simulation might be directly focused on linking the play of the game to issues for corporate improvement.

Continual service improvement, defined in the ITIL continual service improvement volume, aims to align and realign IT services to changing business needs by identifying and implementing improvements to the IT services that support the business processes.

The perspective of CSI on improvement is the business perspective of service quality, even though CSI aims to improve process effectiveness, efficiency and cost effectiveness of the IT processes through the whole lifecycle.

In the 1980s, Cranford founded the first special improvement district in New Jersey, which allows for the downtown district to have a special tax on building and business owners for downtown development and marketing which is managed by the Cranford Downtown Management Corporation.

Omsk was ranked by Forbes as the 6th-best city in Russia for business in 2008, an improvement over its 20th-place ranking the previous year.

SKF runs its own business excellence program for continuous improvement of its business processes in all parts of the company.

The crossing also delineates an area along the southern bank of the River Thames, between London Bridge and Tower Bridge, that has been designated as a business improvement district.

The vocation of management in cultural and creative sectors is the subject of research and improvement initiatives, by organizations such as Arts and Business which take a partnership approach to involving professional business people in running and mentoring arts organizations.

The Atlantic City Special Improvement District ( SID ) was a nonprofit organization created in 1992, which funded by a special assessment tax on businesses within the improvement district and carries out various activities to improve the city's business community, including street cleaning and promotional efforts.

It also has an abundance of small businesses specializing in local and ecologically friendly art, design, and home improvement — such as galleries and a solar power company — as chain stores ( other than a few gas stations ) are forbidden by Ojai city law to encourage local small business development and keep the town unique.

During the period 1873 to 1876, business in all branches was very poor, and little improvement in the town was made.