To accommodate their vehicle of choice, the driveways, sorry, the taxiways here are wide affairs of 50- to 60 feet of paved access to the houses, where the flying (identified) objects fit neatly in their oversized garages -- sometimes several in a row.
French officials said today that the meeting should be opened to others, and Britain has signaled that it would attend if it was a European Union-wide affair.
We need to be constantly aware that with the rise of trends such as open source, successful invention is no longer the sole preserve of the lone boffin or the corporate R&D department, but is a population-wide affair.
It was in many ways an industry-wide affair.
In Whitehall, more than ever, permanent secretaries are strictly departmental, rarely venturing into civil service-wide affairs.
That is a very British proposal: it would not decisively answer the West Lothian question, but it would make it a little less pressing (albeit at the expense of giving the other three nations even less say over UK-wide affairs).
This officer represents their interests in the wider affairs of the city and participates in the election of its governor; although the latter may serve for life, the constitution itself is carefully devised to block any shift towards tyranny or factional interest.
In 1796 the aging Adams announced he would not run for reelection the following spring, and again the election was a wide open affair.
He believes each of his first 10 selections can win what might indeed be a wide-open affair.
He says each of his first 10 selections can win what might be a wide-open affair.
Still, the wider Berlusconi affair and the fact that so flawed a man has managed to rise to such prominence in both Italy and Europe does raise bigger issues.
