Sentence examples for recent preoccupation from inspiring English sources

The cultural industry has done very well out of our recent preoccupation with conflict.

The president's recent preoccupation with re-election has left much of the world wondering, where is the United States?

He said he had hoped filming "Living," three parallel tales of wrenching personal loss, would shake his recent preoccupation with death.

By exploiting the world's recent preoccupation with Islamist militancy, his vigorous diplomacy has done much to clear the country's reputation for abusing human rights.

"Étoile Polaire," to music by Philip Glass, is typical of Mr. Feld's most recent preoccupation with geometric line and form and repetition.

Cone-classifying is a recent preoccupation for Conway, a Liverpudlian with a Jerry Garcia beard who became famous in the 70s for his cellular automaton Game Of Life.

Hemley gives a perfunctory overview of anthropology's recent preoccupations, but seems resistant to the fact that what currently concerns anthropology is precisely this interrelatedness.

MARILYN MANSON -- Weimar cabaret and vaudeville are among Mr. Manson's recent preoccupations, and he says he puts them to good use on his new album, "The Golden Age of Grotesque".

One of his notable recent preoccupations was the Bajofondo Tango Club, a collective that blended the cafe music of his homeland (Argentina) with the club music of his hometown (Los Angeles).

The current President Bush, whose recent preoccupations have been the budget and taxes and fears of a faltering national economy, must also be all too aware, given his father's own example, how much those problems could still affect his fortunes, whatever his foreign policy successes or failures.

Some examples date back many years, showing that recent preoccupations with ecosystem valuation build on a long tradition in economics.