In contrast, given the preoccupation with physical illness usually demonstrated by people with non-psychotic mental illness [ 34], our participants in this sub-group viewed their physical health as one of their greatest priorities.
Finally, he chose to serve as both captain and purser, a decision that, given his preoccupation with financial matters, would prove tragic.
Given our preoccupation with our daughter's recovery and my husband's mother's illness, we were no doubt lousy company.
But given our preoccupation with numbers divisible by 50 or 100, I am content with using the 250th anniversary of his death as an excuse.
For now, though, the disconnect between Mr. Obama's national security record and his overall approval rating, though understandable given Americans' preoccupation with the economy, is a matter of continuing frustration within the administration.
"I have a real concern that given our preoccupation in Iraq, we've not devoted sufficient troops and funding to Afghanistan to ensure success in that mission," Mr. Skelton said.
I started to hear stories of unmarried New Yorkers -- people like me, ordinarily given to preoccupation, dreaminess or equivocation in matters of the heart -- who out of nowhere began to exhibit near martial decisiveness.
Even given our preoccupation with leaks now, the documentary doesn't connect those dots to the Obama administration's current effort to investigate leaks of classified information, which includes subpoenaing reporters' phone records and portraying a Fox News reporter as a conspirator to obtain a warrant for his e-mails.
It is odd timing, given the political preoccupation with terrorism, corporate misconduct and Iraq.
Given Americans' current preoccupation with high-fiber diets, and their endless parental fussing over the contents of children's diapers, one could easily argue that old fears of autointoxication must still be with us.
