By turns touching, grotesque, funny, mundane, the little vignettes have the very natural-seeming inconsequentiality of life, while at the same time resonating with the wider preoccupations of the book: intimacy and estrangement, entrapment and self-regeneration, the idea of marriage as "a system of belief, a story".
Without any credible evidence that intensive glycemic control improves the outcome of hospitalized patients, this has become a world-wide preoccupation and 'compliance' with glycemic control is used as a marker of the quality of care provided.
Needless to say, the charming (if slight) La Valse d'Amelie put in an appearance tonight, though the Breton-born composer also used the occasion to air some of his wider musical preoccupations.
In part, argues Mr Ben-Ami, this reflected a wider Palestinian preoccupation with vindication and justice, at the expense of a pragmatic search for a solution.The book ends with Ariel Sharon's Gaza withdrawal but before the victory of the Islamists of Hamas in the Palestinians' election.
"Treading the path of micro-technology, rather than the bubbling emotions of the square," the editors say, "could bring us closer to our common desire for freedom and democracy .Moreover, the range of debate in Tunnel is wider than the preoccupations of dissidents.
Respondents were aware of wider societal anxieties and preoccupation with risk.
It involves a degree of healthy self-esteem and a worldview that sets petty preoccupations against a wider canvas.
And would the democratisation of the wider Middle East be a central preoccupation of American and European policy?
In Tuesday's rocky trading, marked by a wide intraday swing and preoccupation with the will-they-or-won't-they Fed, volume on the S&P Depositary (SPY) receipts hit nearly 415 million shares.
Designer fashion's preoccupation with sport ties into the wider "athleisure" trend, a convergence between fashion and activewear that has sold brilliantly in recent years.
As for society (mainly major challenges 5 and 7), the multifaceted preoccupations expressed cover two broad types of preoccupations and expectations, which could provide orientations for research.
