Emily, like many elderly people, has grown preoccupied with life's trivia: the postcard she must remember to mail, the burglar alarm next door that wakes her up at 3 o'clock every morning.
Over time, he grew preoccupied with controlling everything within the Penn State football sphere, hence the public 2007 spat with Vicky Triponey, the former Penn State vice president for student affairs who wanted a role in disciplining football players for off-the-field transgressions.
She said she grew preoccupied by the thought that Trump's budget cuts would destroy her state's innovation economy and didn't see Trott playing a preventative role.
Mr. Simmons, who is against accounting for stock options as an employee cost, told a reporter at The Globe and Mail of Toronto that chief executives had recently grown too preoccupied with director independence.
At the same time, his work has grown increasingly philosophical, preoccupied with the nature of literary and political authority and the stark contrast between the brute reality of the natural world — as manifested by animals as themselves and as allegorical figures — and the separate world of our ideas and interpretations.
Most smaller charities are more concerned about seeking other ways to grow or are too preoccupied with ensuring their survival to contemplate chasing risky public services contracts, the survey indicates.
The propaganda blitzkrieg, which also includes the breathless promotion of modern-day heroes and model citizens, seeks to counteract a growing sense that China, preoccupied by seemingly ceaseless economic growth, is ethically unmoored.
A8 While the world is watching Mr. Sharon's fight for life, people in Gaza are preoccupied with growing tension between armed factions since Israel's withdrawal and fears that the region could be heading toward civil war.
Bago had grown stronger while Ava was preoccupied with reviving the northern region.
