But his second term may give him an opportunity to move away from the distorting, "war on terror" preoccupations of Mali and Somalia, and focus on the broader issues - trade in particular - that he raised three years ago in Ghana.
The Finishing School is its own historical novel already, a hilarious and biting satire on the preoccupations of now - Nina, for example, teaching her pupils everything they'll ever need to know, should they think of getting a job at the UN: "If you, as a UN employee, are chased by an elephant, stand still and wave a white handkerchief.
Writers for teens have always kept a sharp eye on the preoccupations of the generation for which they are writing: sniffing out the zeitgeist and tapping into the reality is part of what makes fiction for this age group work best.
The assessment of exposure to cosmic radiation on board aircraft is one of the preoccupations of organizations responsible for radiation protection.
In his speech to both Houses on 9 November, James expounded on two emerging preoccupations of his monarchy: the Divine Right of Kings and the Catholic question.
But I will start with a brief historical note on the linguistic preoccupations of legal philosophers.
First, the positive psychology focus has explicitly been on balancing the preoccupations of clinical psychology by distancing from the " study of pathology, weakness, and damage" [ 36].
And this is the point at which the thematic preoccupations of "On the Road" meet the style of "On the Road" — the lyrical, gushing, excessive prose.
And this is the point at which the thematic preoccupations of "On the Road" meet the style of "On the Road"—the lyrical, gushing, excessive prose.
Alive with his magpie-like intelligence, punctuated by humorous asides and digressive interludes, they are as much a running commentary on the practices and preoccupations of a poet at the height of his own creative powers as they are an exposition of the works of another.
