charitable affair

Mrs. Clinton and Mr. Trump are the featured speakers at this vaunted charitable affair, hosted by Timothy Cardinal Dolan, Archbishop of New York, and attended by a gracious, well-heeled group indeed.

Even more radically, the business of the World Cup could be divorced from the charitable affair of disbursing money to new footballing nations.

She also, at an age her parents deem too young to have her own Facebook account, wanted her mom to publish a status update on the social networking site immediately to give her family and friends the chance to applaud her charitable affair.

The line-up of artists celebrating the former member of the Fab Four at the charitable affair included veteran artists Neil Young and James Taylor, singers Katy Perry, Norah Jones, Alicia Keys and Diana Krall, and pop rockers Coldplay and Foo Fighters, McCartney opened with his own rendition of "Magical Mystery Tour" and throughout the night of tributes a string of performers sang tunes from his life's work.

Well, that may be true, lotteries are against the law in this part of the country, and yet a raffle at a bazaar or other charitable affair is to my mind always objectionable.