(There are zealots among Hindus, but their numbers are comparatively few, and their influence has been diminished by the Indian preoccupation with prosperity, whose currency is peace).
And what he and I talked about for this piece was how, as he saw it, the same preoccupation with Iraq diminished our operations in Afghanistan after we "won" the war.
The quality of Harrison's food and sex writing (his two major preoccupations) hasn't diminished a bit.
The presence of the nine DSM-IV criteria for depression, depressed mood, diminished interest, eating problems, sleeping problems, psychomotor problems, loss of energy, guilt, cognitive problems, and preoccupation with death/suicidal ideation, was recorded retrospectively for every week in the preceding three months [ 3].
The government's preoccupations after the outbreak of the French and Indian War (1754), however, diminished concern over Davies, especially when his war sermons helped rouse Virginians to defend the frontier.
Since last year, the sale of the Carlyle, a 70-year-old hotel at 35 East 76th Street, has been a preoccupation of both its staff and its celebrity patrons, many of whom have worried that it would be diminished by a bottom line-oriented buyer.
For months, the sale has been a preoccupation of both the staff and former guests ranging from Brooke Astor to Woody Allen, many of whom have been worried that the hotel would be diminished by a bottom-line-oriented buyer.
The crowds have diminished.
