This, I think, is what motivated his interest in violence more generally: it interrupted the constant preoccupation of being Norman Mailer, forcing him out of himself.
Several studies point out that preoccupation of being seen entering a sexual health clinic by members of their own community network or running into someone they already know are both barriers to HIV testing in migrants and ethnic minorities [ 29- 31].
The preoccupations of life were evenly spread, so that everyone in the room wasn't worried about finding a date or a baby sitter or a college loan at exactly the same time.
A major preoccupation of statistics is ensuring that a particular statistic is not just exploiting this tendency.
It took me about three years to realize that this preoccupation of food was stemming from fear and loss: fear of losing control in my life, loss of confidence and love for myself.
This tension between vengeance and justice, a major preoccupation of Dexter, was on display last week when a U.S. drone strike killed Fahd al-Quso, a top al-Qaeda operative in Yemen. .
Voyeurism, surveillance, the deceitful nature of appearances and the unstable nature of reality: these have been preoccupations of Mr. De Palma's from the start, so much so that he has sometimes seemed to parody himself.
A lot of its preoccupations are still my preoccupations: European colonies, wars of independence in Africa, a preoccupation with the grubbier side of provincial England.
"Lynette Yiadom-Boakye: Any Number of Preoccupations" is the first museum solo for this 33-year-old Londoner of Ghanaian heritage.
Because interstate warfare or foreign conquests were primary preoccupations of Mesopotamian rulers, it is understandable that in most periods a certain class of artworks was dedicated simply to the glorification of their military prowess.
