It was, in the end, too small and indulgent a preoccupation, too unlike a genuine destiny.
German engineers, who focus squarely on the driving experience, couldn't understand the Americans' preoccupation with beverages.
Her mother's preoccupation with her own appearance set an example that nagged Lee through adulthood.
For above all, China's preoccupation is with affairs at home rather than reshaping the world order.
In fact, the appointments seemed as much to reflect his own preoccupation with livelihood issues over politics.
The organizations start losing money and hence go out of business, until a preoccupation with efficiency re-emerges.
He has made jobs his central preoccupation, conducting weekly pit-stop trips to job centres or training schemes.
Watching for evidence of friction along these ideological faultlines is a major preoccupation of the Scottish media.
True, a preoccupation with the relative merits of various types of decorative sticky tape is not for everyone.
Dale Bathum developed a preoccupation with footwear as a kid, when his wide feet hurt in running shoes.
His preoccupation with Unefon financing allowed rival Televisa to come back with a string of successful nighttime shows.
His preoccupation with financing Unefon allowed rival Televisa to come back with a string of successful nighttime shows.
Corporate America's newfound preoccupation with energy costs has made efficiency a hot business.
This led to a discussion of today's operatic preoccupation with singers' physical allure.
But will cultivating a healthy preoccupation with data pay dividends for your business?
Dr Williams was also wasted because of the Church's preoccupation with its divisions.
Such activities have largely been ignored in the Western preoccupation with the Soviet Union's more benign overt diplomatic campaigns.
Libertarians dislike them for their preoccupation with using the state to impose virtue.
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But Montgomerie accepts that the modern preoccupation with sports analytics means that there are precious few eccentrics in today's game.
Aziz said that his country's neighbors don't share the U.S. preoccupation with whether Iraq has amassed weapons of mass destruction.
Bank supervisors, because of their preoccupation with systemic risk, have tended to be quite tolerant of anti-competitive behaviour by banks.
To be sure, there are significant lessons for business here, underscored by our current public preoccupation with transparency and accountability.
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For fans, Al Thani's apparent preoccupation with conforming to UEFA's new laws could not have come at a worse time.
The reasons for this are not clear but a contributing factor has been the preoccupation with brick and mortar expansion.
The preoccupation with technologies directed at creating alternatives to hydrocarbons misses how technology also unleashes alternative sources of hydrocarbons themselves.
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But it is unlikely that health-consciousness or even a sense of balance will become a preoccupation of the proprietors anytime soon.
Our preoccupation with short-term, self-interest is causing us to be out of balance in our giving and receiving with each other.
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His chief preoccupation seems to be to avoid shaking the conservative French consensus, and even that unambitious objective has been missed.
Heavily documented in our media but not a major preoccupation in China.
Renault boss Flavio Briatore once bemoaned the sport's preoccupation with technological minutiae.
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