The preoccupation with rise and fall is as old as power itself.
When one of the employees stumbles trying to take a phone order from the United States, the customer hollers, "Am I calling freaking India to get a mug that says, 'America's No. 1'?" Even "Mike & Molly,"a CBS romantic comedy about a police officer and a teacher, can't shake off the national preoccupation with rising obesity rates.
Asian investors were betting on Friday that the might ride in to rescue troubled mortgage finance markets, but continuing preoccupation with rising oil tempered bullish sentiment in some markets, resulting in a day of ups and downs.
The report, released in November, said the riots were linked to the 'issue of exclusion' and that France had 'neglected the complex problem of its suburbs as a result of its preoccupation with the rise of radical Islam'.
So far removed from direct contact with food production, concerns about food-borne illnesses and freshness gave rise to preoccupation with sourcing and safety.
If the troubles in Iraq have fueled a rising preoccupation with foreign affairs, recent economic improvement could explain the relative decline in concerns on that front.
Here, as in his memoir, "Stranger to History," and his first novel, "The Temple-Goers," he mines his own life to reflect on his preoccupations: patrimony, social stratification, the rise of India, the devolution of Pakistan.
The preoccupation with the liturgy gave rise to scholarly disciplines, also called Vedangas, that were part of Vedic erudition.
"The immediate impulse" that gave rise to her "preoccupation with mental activities," she explained, "came from [her] attending the Eichmann trial".
But it was also part of a larger U.S. preoccupation that China's "peaceful rise" had taken a martial turn.
