Bill Samuel, the AFL-CIO's director of government affairs, said that the NLRB serves "a very useful function," but in the end its powers are limited.
For Russia, ongoing instability in Ukraine is a useful state of affairs.
Their brief affair was useful when she realised she had neglected to film Morris's victory in one decathlon event: the 5,000m run.
But that doesn't mean that MacKenzie is a particularly useful guide to current affairs.
Mrs. Clinton has, in fact, acquired a useful education in international affairs through her travels and activities as first lady.
ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz (known commonly as Ibn Saʿūd), the son of the exiled ʿAbd al-Raḥmān, took advantage of his new location to acquire useful knowledge of world affairs, while the new Rashīdī prince, ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz ibn ʿAbd Mitʿab, alienated the population of Najd.
This idea has two main varieties: Fictionalism: Like ideal gases or frictionless surfaces, possible states of affairs are (useful) fictions; only facts exists.
Ise Gropius, although an often useful proselytizer, was, through her affair with the fellow Bauhausler Herbert Bayer, partly the cause of her husband's resignation.
The ATO tax transparency reports provide useful information about the tax affairs of Australia's largest entities, even if they are somewhat limited.
Nor does Mr. Cooper contend that old-fashioned realpolitik, which holds that nations should not interfere in one another's internal affairs, provides a useful guide for dealing with the premodern world.
The 350-strong team, swelling to 750 at weekends, that Wakeling has run as his own fiefdom under six chief executives is also useful for Sky's regulatory affairs team to mention when rivals accuse it of contributing little to UK broadcasting's creative production base.
