At such affairs, held twice a month, "the talk goes in lots of directions," she said.

I have close kin, for example, who are proud of their skills at do-it-yourself affairs.

Several Committee members have spoken at veteran affairs over the past few years.

The honorees at such affairs are usually former athletes over the age of 60.

Fund-raisers here mentioned that she was seen less frequently at political affairs after 1992.

On Monday they looked at leadership, the economy, foreign affairs and defence.

I used to run into him at official affairs, now and then, before the coup.

Houses here are at most two-story affairs, generally with 17th-century facades.

You have no idea how much gossip one can pick up at such affairs.

Our mission is 95 percent at least civil affairs.