affairs
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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
He made a video call to Craig Deare, who was briefly in charge of Latin American affairs at the White House.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 14, 2026
Maintaining a semblance of privacy is increasingly difficult in the age of social media, and how much we share with our unmarried partner about our financial affairs is on a need-to-know basis.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 13, 2026
Vladimir Putin’s understanding of world affairs is cold-blooded, but also rational enough on its own terms.
From Salon • Apr. 12, 2026
It violated the core of virtue and disinterestedness presumed essential for anyone properly equipped to oversee public affairs.
From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis
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