1.   Take the current fascination with dire forecasts, for example.

2.   And the current fascination with them is a sign of a peculiar mood.

3.   But it neatly spoofs the current fascination with nail enamel made in, yes, stupid colors.

4.   But with the current fascination with restaurants, a chef or kitchen is likely to show up soon in our prime-time sitcoms and dramas.

5.   Part of the current fascination with the media moguls is that they begin to seem less like grasping greedheads than something extraworldly and larger than life.

6.   Paradoxically, the current fascination with public nudity comes at a time when laws against it are on the increase.

7.   This retelling of the tale fits cleverly into the current fascination with the supernatural.

8.   This, I believe, is behind the current fascination with virtual reality.

9.   What explains the current fascination with the novels of Jane Austen?