Abuse occurs most frequently, he said, when a parent is emotionally absent as a result of divorce, long working hours, extensive business travel, alcoholism, preoccupation with his or her own problems or other factors.
But mainland leaders now seem alarmed that softer diplomacy, as well as China's preoccupation with its extensive leadership transition, may have sent the wrong signals.
In an extensive exchange of letters with Benjamin Rush, the Philadelphia physician and patriotic gadfly, Adams revealed his preoccupation with fame and developed his own theory of the role ambition plays in motivating man to public service.
Since his postdoc appointment ended, four preoccupations have dominated Cánovas's life: his son Diego, now 7; an extensive, and thus far unsuccessful, search for another research position; his legal action against UMass and Altieri, which he is pursuing pro se (as his own lawyer) because he cannot afford legal fees; and efforts to publish his scientific work.
Another big, new preoccupation?
But Matt Matttt was his preoccupation.
I was mining a preoccupation.
"This was a Conservative preoccupation.
Joblessness remains the main preoccupation.
Family is a major preoccupation.
