One was to reward academic excellence, but without slavish attention to class rankings and SAT scores.

The undertaking required not only slavish attention to detail, but also an inexhaustible supply of time, patience and energy.

But a lifetime of slavish attention to his books had tripped them up.

No doubt he was accustomed to his pretty looks winning almost slavish attention from cantina girls and the like; Del's bluntness, so unexpected, was shocking.

Those who have little acquaintance with, or total disdain for, stoop labor may find it bewildering to read a paean in praise of slavish attention to the earth.

And these were dances that paid almost slavish attention to the dictates of their scores.

Children devote slavish attention to these things, but can't be bothered with prophylactics.

Watching this slavish attention to J'Maah was setting Vaughn's teeth on edge and he hoped he'd be given leave to return to his crew shortly.

This usually occurs because of the perception that slavish attention to 'realism' will cause a game to be rejected as 'uninteresting' or boring by the mass-market.

After nearly four decades of slavish attention to personal savings and security, wealthy Taiwan is on a buying spree, and American cars top the shopping list.