affairs
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So no memoirs or thrillers or true crime or current affairs or hot takes—and certainly no self-help.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026
He was constitutional affairs minister in the last apartheid government and went on to join the government of national unity formed in 1994 when Mandela became president.
From BBC • Apr. 15, 2026
Orlando Ward, director of community affairs for VOA, said he wasn’t sure why the organization’s numbers were so high, but that helping people change detrimental behaviors “doesn’t happen overnight.”
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 14, 2026
The less other people know about your private affairs, the better.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 13, 2026
"I no longer meddle in the affairs of the gods, and they do me the same courtesy."
From "City of the Plague God" by Sarwat Chadda
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