Of course, my current preoccupation is a crime novel. From Wordnik.com. [The many genres of DNW] Reference
I have a certain preoccupation with environmental matters. From Wordnik.com. [UniversitiesSome Crises of Misunderstanding] Reference
Dance and movement have been my main preoccupation lately, pushing out knitting and fiber arts somewhat. From Wordnik.com. [time to get moving « Dyepot, Teapot] Reference
I did some research as a medical student, my main preoccupation was with becoming a physician who could serve in the armed forces. From Wordnik.com. [Edwin G. Krebs - Autobiography] Reference
Mention of the Second World War brings me back to Christie's main preoccupation which was to get the fine art business back on its feet. From Wordnik.com. [My Life and Hard Wines] Reference
Halperin begins his defense of historicism by admitting "my major preoccupation is with the accurate decipherment of historical documents". From Wordnik.com. [The Uses and Abuses of Historicism: Halperin and Shelley on the Otherness of Ancient Greek Sexuality] Reference
Our preoccupation is no longer whether the United States will discharge her international responsibilities, but how she will do it and how the rest of us will be involved. From Wordnik.com. [Canadian Foreign Policy in a Two Power World] Reference
Secularism is defined as preoccupation with the material world at the expense of disregarding the heavenly one. From Wordnik.com. [Conservapedia - Recent changes [en]] Reference
Such is the "preoccupation" of Hamlet, emotional and intellectual. From Wordnik.com. [The Contemporary Review, January 1883 Vol 43, No. 1] Reference
Supposing this "preoccupation" proved, what is the particular value and significance of the fact?. From Wordnik.com. [The Contemporary Review, January 1883 Vol 43, No. 1] Reference
3: 21 pm so sweet, when I was her age my main preoccupation was keeping away from priests who might interfere with me. From Wordnik.com. [chouette hibou] Reference
Lowering unemployment is Barack Obama's "preoccupation". From Wordnik.com. [Yahoo! News: Latest news headlines News Headlines | Top Stories] Reference
Do our Bishops also think abortion is a "preoccupation"?. From Wordnik.com. [LifeSiteNews.com Headlines] Reference
In these times there is nothing more important than this "preoccupation". From Wordnik.com. [LifeSiteNews.com Headlines] Reference
Farrow was asked about her "preoccupation" with Africa and achieving justice. From Wordnik.com. [The Independent - Frontpage RSS Feed] Reference
The actress was asked about her "preoccupation" with Africa, and her particular interest in. From Wordnik.com. [Telegraph.co.uk: news, business, sport, the Daily Telegraph newspaper, Sunday Telegraph] Reference
"preoccupation" with short-term macro-economic reforms and toward policies for long-term investment and growth. From Wordnik.com. [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference
All its songs swirl around one central theme: our preoccupation with death. From Wordnik.com. [Periscope] Reference
When a movement's central preoccupation is police brutality, its means have become its ends. From Wordnik.com. [Having A Riot] Reference
Ha Jin's preoccupation with what it means to feel "at home" stretches back to his childhood. From Wordnik.com. [Lessons In English] Reference
This preoccupation with money may help to explain the younger Bushes 'hungry reputation in business. From Wordnik.com. [The Bush Family Franchise] Reference
The inability to experience pleasure may be one kind of depression, preoccupation with death another. From Wordnik.com. [MANAGING EVERY SHADE OF BLUE] Reference
Noted one, "the preoccupation with WMDs is misplaced: far more lives are lost to known medical conditions.". From Wordnik.com. [HEALTH STORIES OF '03] Reference
But she is ambivalent about the Wellwoods 'preoccupation with them — and we would do well to understand why. From Wordnik.com. [The Children’s Hour] Reference
The Group Theater came out of the '30s preoccupation with social ills, but Clurman, as he says, was no Marxist. From Wordnik.com. [Showbiz: Clurman Takes The Stage] Reference
Given the huge amount of global liquidity, simply preserving wealth continues to be a major preoccupation for investors. From Wordnik.com. [We Ask: When Will the Pain Go Away?] Reference
And that, as well as the disastrous policies that have come out of his preoccupation, is turning his own people against him. From Wordnik.com. [A Despot Clings to Power] Reference
"In adolescent girls 'private diaries and journals, the body is a consistent preoccupation, second only to peer relationships.". From Wordnik.com. [The Truth About Tweens] Reference
Washington's preoccupation with the War on Terror and its costly adventure in Iraq have given Beijing valuable strategic space. From Wordnik.com. [An Unlikely New Ally] Reference
But what can be taken literally is the preoccupation of all of Schlink's characters with guilt, with how they are perceived as Germans. From Wordnik.com. [A World In Shades Of Gray] Reference
Whatever the motive, her act was generally praised by local Hamas leaders, a reminder that elections are not Hamas's only preoccupation. From Wordnik.com. [Flexing Their Muscles] Reference
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