Britain remained preoccupied with the problems of domestic reform.
Like Hemingway, however, he has remained preoccupied by the imaginative experience of war, and the possibility of its literary expression.
Hypnotized, perhaps, by the boom in commodities prices, they remained preoccupied by the fear of inflation long after it was clear that what we really had to worry about were deflationary pressures.
The Israeli public remained preoccupied with the start of school on Tuesday morning, the finale of the show "Big Brother" on Tuesday night and preparations for the Jewish New Year next week.
More recently he had started to emerge from his shell, although he remained preoccupied by how to meet debts and losses with many of his assets frozen as a result of Kremlin legal actions.
But many mainstream games, steering clear of almost all social commentary, have remained preoccupied with the hell of war, the coolness of aliens and the ever-present danger that someone out there might want to kidnap Super Mario's girlfriend, Princess Peach.
Still, like all Canadian leaders, he remained preoccupied by his country's relationship with the United States and even charmed critics with comments like those he offered in 1969 after meeting President Richard M. Nixon in Washington: "Living next to you is in some ways like sleeping with an elephant.
Though his style shifted from the low-key to the epic, becoming ever more political, he remained preoccupied with the impact of industrialised buildings on the environment, and on the culture and society they grew out of and, in turn, helped to shape.
He remained preoccupied with his art until the end of his life.
Still, I remained preoccupied by all he hadn't been to me.
