At first they brought nothing to their training but enthusiasm, strong backs, and apparent devotion to Ayocan.

For Mr. Mangope, who has spent his entire career enforcing apartheid and who commands little apparent devotion from his public, the main question is how long his security forces will continue to defend him.

He is seduced by the apparent devotion of Alexis, whom Blake had exiled from Denver and her children's lives after he had discovered her affair with another man.

For all their apparent devotion to baseball, fans seem to be taking the strike in stride.

Finally, investors are advised to be wary of brokerage firms that seem to have started overnight or have an apparent devotion to penny stocks - low-priced issues often packaged with warrants good for additional shares.

"But then I recalled your husband's apparent devotion to you-quite touching," he said, with a benevolent smile that I particularly disliked.

Because of his apparent devotion to wilderness, local villagers called Guild the 'Wild Man of Aniakchak.'

Fallon, though not openly hostile, keeps an icy distance from Alexis and the two trade subtle barbs; Steven is seduced by his mother's apparent devotion to him, but soon gets a taste of her poison.

He heard the Mass with apparent devotion, but the swift fierce mind leaped from thought to thought, seldom pausing to meditate upon the Sacrament.

'But then I recalled your husband's apparent devotion you - quite touching,' he said, with a benevolent smile d I particularly disliked.