Arrangements for the peace talks have been a preoccupation of Secretary of State John Kerry, who has sought to persuade Mr. Abbas, the Palestinian president, that continued Israeli housing development in areas occupied by Israel after the 1967 war should not be a deal breaker.
The polar opposite of a preoccupation with state support of terrorism is the view that, in the modern world, intense hatred is self-organizing and self-empowering.
The preoccupation with prohibition delayed effective reform of state government until the ascendancy of Gov. Austin Peay in 1922.
A preoccupation with state-of-the-art communications technology is something that unites this rural community of around 1,000 people with the personnel of the 422nd Air Base Group – the branch of the US Air Force that operates the former bomber base as a vast data hub.
It would be unreasonable to conclude based on his stated pursuit of revenge that it was the single most important motive for what he did, especially since his behavior was complicated by extreme social isolation, psychological disturbance, and a preoccupation with state-of-the-art firearms.
The announcement was not the only news in what has become the biggest preoccupation of local and state health officials this summer.
This reveals a preoccupation with content analysis and a tendency to assume state control over the symbolic content of money (and stamps) without clarifying the nature of design processes, the nature of state involvement in these processes, or how 'the state' is being conceptualized.
Here, and in the daily preoccupation with the state of his health, in his detachment from those seemingly closest to him (particularly his new wife, played smartly by Sarah Gadon, tempting and aloof at all times), as well as in his sleep deprivation, the character recalls the great billionaire recluse Howard Hughes.
Here, and in the daily preoccupation with the state of his health, in his detachment from those seemingly closest to him (particularly his new wife, played smartly by Sarah Gadin, tempting and aloof at all times), as well as in his sleep deprivation, the character recalls the great billionaire recluse Howard Hughes.
The titles of three of Kierkegaard's books Fear and Trembling (1843), The Concept of Dread (1844), and The Sickness unto Death (1849)—indicate his preoccupation with states of consciousness quite unlike cognition.
