Difficulty arises when one tries to apply the doctrine of abandonment to present-day concerns regarding the abandonment or gifting of a digitized work to the public domain.
The songs on side one tell the tale of a nightmarish future in which only "recycled energy" remains, whilst the songs on side two revolve around more present-day concerns about tourism despoiling untouched wilderness.
Environmental history emerged in the United States out of the environmental movement of the 1960s and 1970s, and much of its impetus still stems from present-day global environmental concerns.
Up to fifteen Trudeau Scholarships are awarded each year to support doctoral candidates pursuing research of compelling present-day concern, touching on one or more of the four themes of the Foundation.
"What can be the real reason for such a polemic, so far removed from present-day concerns?"
A taxi ride that my wife, Maggie, and I took one sunny morning in May highlighted the city's present-day concerns.
Historical work, with its established standards for evaluation of evidence, must not be "polluted by passion"; we must not simply turn the past into a mirror of our own present-day concerns.
Defining priorities also involves identifying what is no longer relevant to present-day concerns.
With the help of the central Stargate device, the premise of Stargate SG-1 combines ancient cultures, present-day political and social concerns, aliens and advanced technologies.