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The Chief Guest alongwith Chairman Board of Governor Sahibzada Anwar Ahmed received a standing avocation by the audience as they approached the podium.

I have long believed that the most non-Jewish avocation an individual can pursue in this life is hunting.

I believe that class made the difference in helping me to stay in the avocation. Officiating has opened so many doors for me and has afforded me so many opportunities I never would have had.

I'm all for computerized scopes, since they're one of the few things attracting new blood into our avocation.

I am a physician by occupation, an artist by avocation. I dreamed of retiring and pursuing my passion.

Her avocation, she says, has always been drama and education.

Elan is a clinical social worker in private practice who has pursued painting as an avocation for the last 15 years.

In A Naturalist Goes Fishing, James McClintock shares personal stories of the decades-long avocation that helped steer him into a career as a marine biologist.

According to McGrath, "What started as a hobby and avocation in college has quickly turned into a passion and profession.

The annual awards were established by Kate Tufts to honor the memory of her husband, a shipping executive who wrote poetry as an avocation. They are among the richest and most prestigious in poetry.

What started as a job and a course has turned into an avocation. In a twist on the Winogrand quote, we might say of this new way of making media: If you go there, you must take the picture.

Cox (mathematics, Amherst College, Massachusetts) admits that he is an algebraic geometer by training, and number theory is more of an avocation, so his treatment of the phenomenon may be somewhat unorthodox.

Before committing to academic, activist, or scholarly projects, Frances would always encourage Lesson #5: Think about occupation, avocation, and vocation.