A trained team of more than 800 volunteers devote thousands of hours each year to support the hospital staff and patients.

The organizations also devote thousands of hours and dollars to local charities each year.

Commissioners devote thousands of hours-amounting in some cases to millions of dollars worth of time-to the development of uniform and model acts.

WHILE the producers have devoted thousands of hours to planning the entertainment and the speeches, the event may be remembered most for the fireworks.

On Jan. 12, 1964, this newspaper devoted a large part of its front page and thousands of words to an extraordinary story.

"How can we ask them to devote thousands of hours of uncompensated time if their efforts are met with hyperbolic condemnation and threats to their livelihood?"

In Monmouth County, volunteers with metal detectors have devoted thousands of hours to excavating a famous battlefield.

At the same time, they devoted thousands of hours of labor and millions of dollars to rebuilding and infrastructure projects.

There are stores that devote thousands of square feet to home-repair supplies, and others of a similar size devoted to home decorating.

We have devoted thousands of people and millions of dollars to going through these records, many of which come from banks that no longer exist.