Many European politicians still believed their countries had a right to run the affairs of others.
Family offices — professional structures that help run the affairs of wealthy families — are relatively new in the Asia-Pacific region.
But a few principles and a little order are needed to run the affairs of the world.
Opposition politicians questioned whether Mr. Olmert could run the affairs of state under the shadow of the investigations.
"A few principles and a little order are needed to run the affairs of the world," Mr Chirac explained, to German nods of approval.
The 30 Curia cardinals, hundreds of bishops and other officials who run the affairs of the Church under the absolute authority of the Pope, heard an address by the Pontiff at a special audience.
But even as Mr. Bush's supporters flash broad smiles, their language suggests an awareness that the Republican presidential nominee still has to work to convince hesitant, ambivalent voters that he is adequately prepared to run the affairs of the country.
Since its inception as a nation state, the House of Saud has had an accommodation with the clerical establishment, which allows it to run the affairs of state in return for clerics defining the national character.
