Sentence examples for affairs noted from inspiring English sources

Eugene Buccini, vice president for academic affairs, noted: "This side of the state has no major cultural facility.

Johnnie Carson, the assistant secretary of state for African affairs, noted that the United States cut a portion of its military financing for Rwanda — around $250,000.

Eleonora Menicucci, Brazil's minister for women's affairs, noted that no nation was immune to shocking crimes against women, pointing to the abduction and long imprisonment of three women in Cleveland.

Maura Harty, the assistant secretary of state for consular affairs, noted that visa approval times, once the application has been taken, had been reduced from several months to no more two weeks.

Julius Schoeps, an expert on German-Jewish affairs, noted that Jewish veterans of the Soviet Army and veterans of the Wehrmacht recently held a reunion in Berlin at which they contentedly pored over wartime mementos.

Thomas Wiegold, an expert on defense affairs, noted that regular troop strength — around 166,000 in April — already lags the current target of 170,000 and asked whether the defense minister, Ursula von der Leyen, could reach that level and then keep her pledge of more soldiers by 2023.

"Within an R7-2 zone, this is considered appropriate scale," said John H. Beckman, the assistant vice president for public affairs, noting the presence of other large buildings on Washington Square.

Analysts of North Korean affairs note that Sept. 11 has changed the context for diplomacy from the North, which Washington still classifies as a terrorist state.

Robert D. Hormats, a former top executive at Goldman Sachs, and now under secretary of state for economic affairs, notes a deeper paradox: America's message to the Chinese, and other Asian partners, may cut down on how much America can borrow.

"He brought the world back here so people who couldn't afford to travel could experience it," said Stephanie Gress, director of curatorial affairs, noting that 60,000 schoolchildren a year visit the museum.

Mr. Despotakis said he was dismayed that Mr. Bush did not seem to have a command of world affairs, noting that he had failed to name several world leaders when a television reporter presented him a pop quiz a few months ago.