Politics without any element of charisma is certainly a dry affair.
So, despite the bookish references, Chetwynd's conversation with academic Neil Mulholland is sure to be a far from dry affair.
The planned £8.8 billion ($17.5 billion) merger between two financial-news providers, Thomson and Reuters, the details of which were outlined on May 8th, is a rather drier affair.
Any attempt to rank the world's most powerful people is likely to be a somewhat dry affair, with serried ranks of politicians, businessmen and media magnates.
Mr. Michaels took over as editor of Forbes in 1961, when American journalism remained a polite, dry affair, and corporate spin was reported without much skepticism.
Haggis is quite a dry affair, and I worry about the lack of gravy, but the results are the hit of the evening.
Though inevitably a dry affair, the trust's release is enlivened by a disastrous line towards the end saying that the report "demonstrates good progress in most respects against the trust's recommendations" (Monkey's italics).
Startup funding may seem like a cut-and-dry affair.
And the skaters indulging in craft beer and cocktails are a sure sign of the amateur (pro tip: real skate jams are a dry affair, and the dance floor is all the more stylish for it).
Speeches by central bankers tend to be dry affairs.
"I started thinking," she says, "if they could do it, why not others?" Superannuation conferences can be dry affairs.
