I thought to handle them myself while you devote yourself to affairs of state.

He devoted the rest of his life to civic affairs and historical studies.

He devoted much of his life to social and cultural affairs.

Instead of following in his father's footsteps as a judge, he devoted himself to his lands and to local affairs.

He seems comfortable with the military-influenced democracy and has devoted much time to foreign affairs.

For the next 15 years he devoted his time to business, travel, and public affairs, and wrote on a number of subjects.

In more recent decades he devoted his time to civic affairs and the aging of Westchester.

But President Clinton is not expected to make human rights an issue at the meeting, which is supposed to be devoted to economic affairs.

This year will have to be devoted to internal affairs.

Increasingly, he devoted himself to civic affairs and philanthropy.