| 单词 | secretary |
| 例句 | Merrick had been secretary of the Royal Knights since 1883 and insurance seemed like a good business opportunity for several reasons, most importantly because there was no white competition. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z I’m willing to bet the affair with his secretary has something to do with this. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z He pulled out his phone and texted his secretary. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z It was a lie, of course, even as the simpler word “secretary” was a lie, but Ruth repeated it with confidence because she believed it was true. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z The secretary returned and said, “Yes, Mrs. Jarzab says you can say the pledge this morning.” Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z No one spoke, and there were, for the moment, no divisions among them—rich or poor, outsider or native, scholar or secretary. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z As he ambled around the course, the barometer in the track secretary’s office leaned toward rain. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z The secretary, Mrs. Kay, even the assistant headmaster, Mr. Waters, with his tartan tie, avert their eyes. Black Brother, Black Brother 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z My smile fades at the secretary’s serious expression. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z When the bell rang he bolted out of his seat and hurried to the office, where he asked the secretary if he could use the phone. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z His secretary brushed past me as I went through the door. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z The office is quiet except for the faint hum coming from the dean secretary’s computer. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z He made me sit next to him on his right, and asked me to act as secretary; Jonathan sat next to me. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z They make me the secretary, which means I have to write everything down—and do all the actual work—while they talk about some boys I don’t know. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z Her secretary puts me through and I tell her, in a hoarse, tired voice, I mailed the manuscript today. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z The secretary had not yet transcribed the shorthand, but she had read it through several times before hiding the notebook in a safe place. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z “We’ve travelled about. Mr. Ratchett wanted to see the world. He was hampered by knowing no languages. I acted more as a courier than as a secretary. It was a pleasant life.” Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z "My friend Judith is the school secretary. She visited me just an hour ago because she wanted to tell me about a strange thing that happened." Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z “Don’t thank me yet. Call Ruth, my secretary, if you need to get in touch.” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z That was back when she used to work as a secretary at the local plumbing contractor’s office. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z The school secretaries told me to walk through the front office into the guidance area. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z “Take care,” the secretary said as we passed her desk. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z Thomas Jefferson was also returning to the Philadelphia area to complete his time as secretary of state. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z Just then, the speaker at the front of the room crackled, and Finn heard the school secretary say, “Pardon the interruption—bus thirty-two has just arrived. Teachers, please admit the late students to class.” The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z The secretary brought him a Sprite from the teacher's lounge. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z He’d searched old journals and bundled correspondences, spies’ reports, maps and treaties, trade ledgers and the minutes of royal secretaries, and anything else he could dig up. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z Wolf specialized in infiltrating the West German government, sometimes with "Romeo spies," who would strike up romances with unsuspecting single women—many of them secretaries to powerful generals and political figures. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z At a tortilla factory, where my job would be to load dough balls onto a conveyor belt, the “interview” is completed by a bored secretary without so much as a “Hi, how are you?” Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z And how that nice young fellow can bear to be his secretary I can’t think.” Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z “Mrs. Trek isn’t here, dear. She’s gone for the rest of the day” The secretary looked irritated. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z It seemed a long time ago that they had sat making up those predictions together, and Hermione had turned up and appointed them secretary and treasurer. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z A young woman who was perhaps his secretary, and who was sitting with her back to Winston, was listening to him and seemed to be eagerly agreeing with everything that he said. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z So I’m a little confused by the look of sympathy on the secretary’s face when she shows me into Mr. Brademas’s office. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z “Because you currently don’t have a secretary, right?” On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z Right before the end-of-day bell rings, the secretary comes on the intercom and makes the usual announcements. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z One ad in 1984 asked, “Can your secretary take dictation at 55 mph?” A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z The school secretary usually gives office monitors a few Bit-O-Honeys or Hershey’s Kisses. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z He had just overheard some teachers and a couple of secretaries counting up the votes. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z Bernadette is the middle school secretary and one of my mother’s friends. The Fourteenth Goldfish 2014-08-26T00:00:00Z He addressed all the secretaries by name and got along with everyone—from the older, stuffier lawyers to the ambitious young bucks who were now playing basketball. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z In rapid succession he had been defeated for homeroom president, vice president, secretary, treasurer, sergeant at arms, homeroom representative to the Student Council, and homeroom alternate. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z He told the navy secretary that the Osage, whose warriors typically stood well over six feet tall, were the “finest men we have ever seen.” Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z “Dr. Johnson’s secretary called me today, Mr. Know-It-All. It turns out you do need your paperwork from Lake Windsor Middle School in order to transfer here.” Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z He stroked Lixxa’s long white ears and she whickered, and he murmured sweet things to her before continuing, “I am riding over the funeral pyre of the ijji with the Godslayer. Whose secretary I am.” Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z Dad’s secretary says something nice to me when she drops off my lunch, but I don’t answer her. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z Tatyana was a secretary, but what she really enjoyed was parachuting, a sport she had taken up in her teens. Women in Space 2014-02-01T00:00:00Z Blood managed the accounting and worked as Woodhull’s secretary, often writing documents for her, because she had never learned elegant penmanship or proper punctuation. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z In exchange, the secretary allowed the barons to tap the navy’s invaluable strategic oil reserves. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z Late that afternoon Smith went into the track secretary’s office to see the weight postings for the Santa Anita Handicap. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z All she thought about was going to Hollywood when she could scrape up the bus fare and getting a job as a secretary and being buddies with Jeanette MacDonald and getting in the movies herself. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z I sat in the office while the school secretary sighed and looked at the clock. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z I had met her when she had gone to work at H. M. Basner as a replacement for an Afrikaans-speaking secretary, Miss Koch, who had refused to take my dictation. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z No, Powell said, the doctor said he had to deliver it personally to the secretary of state and instruct him how to take the medicine. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Stuart Symington, the secretary of the Air Force, articulated Americans' fears in their starkest terms. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z In the end the Controller had to ring for his fourth secretary. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z Several doctors hovered over the bloody secretary of state, working to save his life. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z The young woman who seemed to be in charge interrupted the secretary’s droning. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z My bones will not grow together, so the surgeons’ secretary says. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z It was full of pigeons, students, drunks, dogs, squirrels, children, trees, and secretaries. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z I learned from these former secretaries of Mr. Muhammad that while he was praising me to my face, he was tearing me apart behind my back. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z One of these young men was Cyril Ramaphosa, the general secretary of the National Union of Mine Workers and one of the ablest of the new generation of leadership. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “They have killed the president. You must go to work. My whole dependence is upon you,” the secretary tells him. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z He said he became secretary of the Port Elizabeth branch of the ANC as well as a member of the National Executive Committee. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z This particular summer afternoon, in a dusty geological library in Vienna, Sergeant Major von Rumpel follows an underweight secretary wearing brown shoes, brown stockings, a brown skirt, and a brown blouse through stacks of periodicals. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z After breakfast I walked to the courthouse to see Sheriff Smith; when I got to his office, his secretary sent me right in. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z On weekdays Mother’s a secretary in a navy office, trusted to count out salaries in cash at the end of each month. Inside Out and Back Again 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z “Coach Reed has had the secretary type up this report for your Permanent School Record.” Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z He has played squash with two vice presidents and a secretary of defense. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z Truman picked up the phone and dialed the number for Roosevelt’s press secretary. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Truman’s secretary of state, James Byrnes, replied that neither goal was realistic. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z The secretaries in the English department kept getting phone calls; there were messages left on yellow slips of paper: Where was I? Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z “Don’t you want to wash up too?” the secretary asked. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z They thought she was a secretary; they kept asking her what she did with all her money. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z General Russell also decided to call an assistant secretary of defense, just to get the Pentagon notified. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “It’s possible that the campuses are really going to blow up after this speech,” Nixon told his secretary. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z While the secretary was gone, Petra looked carefully at the top of her desk. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z I looked up, and I talked with three of the former secretaries to Mr. Muhammad. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z Whenever I enter the office, the secretary, Mrs. Maldonado, rolls her eyes and clucks her tongue. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z His own secretary of state, Thomas Jefferson, certainly did, and he argued bitterly with Treasury Secretary Alexander Hamilton over the issue. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z Big Ma uttered a faint “Yes, Ma,” mesmerized by the darkness and glow of black-and-white photos of the sorry Ted Kennedy and the drowned blond secretary who could not be saved. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z Invariably accompanied by a gorgeous French secretary- interpreter who may or may not have consorted with Russian royalty. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z After one exasperating day, Garfield said to his personal secretary, Joseph Stanley Brown, “These people are merciless; they demand blood, flesh, and brains.” Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z “Anything wrong, honey?” the secretary asked from her desk. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z I neither wanted to offend the secretaries nor alienate my new colleague, so I settled on what seemed to me the most prudent course of action: I declined to have any tea at all. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z It was December 1990, and I was traveling to Berlin with the re- porters covering secretary of state James A. Baker III. The Berlin Wall had been breached a year earlier, on November 9, 1989. The World Is Flat 2005-04-05T00:00:00Z Ms. Davis, the school secretary, brought one out. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z The middle school secretary calls for the second time this week. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z Hamilton was aware of the Federalist plot, which was no half-baked scheme hatched by marginal figures, involving as it did several Federalist senators from New England and Timothy Pickering, the former secretary of state. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z She worked at Bayview Medical Center as a unit secretary in order to supplement the grant that was helping her pay for school. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z I will become a secretary and make a ton of money and give it to Papi so he can buy a new car. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z Then, in a timely piece of fortuitousness, America got a secretary of the interior, Stewart Udall, who actually liked hiking. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z Soon, there were more bulletins and the secretary of the interior’s speech. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z The moment the bag was filled, a secretary would come in and replace it with an empty one. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z Watching through binoculars, communicating over walkie-talkies, they tracked the secretary of defense’s car across the campus. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z “It’s almost finished. We just have two more interviews to complete and I was wondering if I should send it directly to your attention or to your secretary.” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z The secretary helped him back and dusted off his suit. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z Trujillo scribbles a last signature and waves the assistants out of the room, then turns to his secretary of state. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Powell handed his horse to Herold and walked across the street to the secretary's front door. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z The moment Ellsberg walked into the office the next morning, McNaughton’s secretary told him the boss wanted to see him immediately. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z No warders, no janitors, no carpenters, no clop-clop-clop of a secretary’s heels crossing the hall. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z Stalin’s secretary picked up in Moscow, where it was two hours earlier. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z The secretary of war, Henry Knox, also followed the public feuding, and wrote: “The different opinions of the treatment excite great inquietude—But Rush bears down all before him.” An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z Thankfully, Miss McDaniels, our school secretary, doesn’t notice that we came in the wrong door. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z First, they concealed the horse’s superb form from track racing secretaries, who assigned imposts. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z The secretary, however, convinced that both requests were violations of the nation’s Bill of Rights, to whose protection even aliens were entitled, refused to grant Palmer’s requests. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z On the margin, in the secretary’s neat hand, was the laconic epitaph “susp.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z At eight o’clock Howard’s stable agent stepped into the track secretary’s office, scrawled the name Seabiscuit onto an entry slip, and dropped it into the entry box. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z I implored a friend of mine to use what influence he had to obtain an appointment for me with the secretary of the party. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z Edwin Stanton continued to serve as secretary of war during the difficult times of Andrew Johnson’s presidency. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z He went back to the office, where the secretary gave him four quarters for the dollar, then went to the pay phone and called X-Ray. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z Jake and the secretary proceeded to the dance floor and did a dirty dance, people falling back from the pair in shocked silence. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z Storyteller and secretary and doer of odd jobs, neither Tizerkane nor delegate, just someone along for the dream. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z And of course, Atal said, no, he would be prime minister, and I would be his secretary. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Then he placed the paper squares before the secretary and resumed his seat. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z Booth issued simple instructions to his henchmen: Invade the house, locate the secretary of state’s bedroom, and kill the defenseless victim with pistol fire and, if necessary, a knife. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z The daughter of the secretary of state has been sitting at the foot of her father’s bed. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z The list of guests included WilliamShort, formerly Thomas Jefferson’s personal secretary in Paris and a lifelong Jefferson protege. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z In the afternoon, as we were preparing to go to Boksburg, I realized that the secretary of the Transvaal branch of the ANC was nowhere to be found. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “Lily—” he started to say, but the door to the classroom opened and the school secretary entered, beckoning to Mrs. Marl and whispering something to her. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z In 1947, a Mississippi hotel denied service to the Haitian secretary of agriculture, who had come to the state to attend an international conference. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z “He certainly knew more than he told his secretary,” said Poirot thoughtfully. Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z She kicked the bed, kicked the chair, kicked the desk, and elbowed past the disapproving secretary. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z The secretary of the local branch would find that certain men were no longer attending meetings. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The secretaries might share tea with two Africans, but not the cups with which to drink it. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z And shouldn’t someone have told me that Mrs. Baker was the corresponding secretary? The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z “His story was so compelling, the way he tells it, the way he gets their attention,” the secretary reflects. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z There were girls with squeaky voices or soft altos, plump girls and thin ones, babyish girls who wore heart lockets and girls who were old before their time and worked as secretaries in insurance firms. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Mrs. Freed, the school secretary, looked up and smiled. Frindle 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z “Today, it’s your turn,” announced the block secretary. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z A secretary typed and filed messages, but the code breaking was up to Elizebeth. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z She told her secretary, Ms. Clark, to call my mom and keep an eye on me, like I’m the one who needs to be watched. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z Stassen saw the handwriting on the wall: his tenure as Eisenhower’s “secretary of peace” effectively had come to an end. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z His mother, a hippie by orientation, worked as a legal secretary; his stepfather was a physicist and engineer who designed machines that made silicon wafers, which computer microprocessors are built on. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z “Well, we don’t know, presumably from these unidentified craft,” the secretary explained, referring to the enemy boats in Herrick’s cable. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z He would be his own secretary of state and trust his son’s quite impressive knowledge of European affairs more than official reports. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z The secretary seats us in empty chairs at the very end of the first row, next to a tall, blond-haired boy whose posture is so perfect he might as well be a statue. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z Ellsberg, who was heading home for a short leave, got up and followed the secretary to the back of the plane. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z I had the honor of spending a year as a special assistant to the secretary of state, Condoleezza Rice. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z Just after I finished that line, the secretary tapped me on the shoulder to say she had to lock up the office. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z Furious at the secretary, Palmer began seeking ways to get around the denial. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z John McNaughton was the secretary of defense’s main assistant on Vietnam policy. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z In a forcible emphatic way, he was handsome and looked, as his secretary was never tired of repeating, every centimetre an Alpha-Plus. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z I succeeded in reaching several trustees' secretaries during the days that followed, and all were friendly and encouraging. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z Right after Schultz let me go, his secretary asked for the roster of new kids for the Academy. Ungifted 2012-08-21T00:00:00Z “He caused a lot of trouble,” Oppenheimer’s secretary said of Feynman. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z He didn’t seem to have a secretary, one that I could see anyway. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z One of the Nation’s most closely kept scandals was that a succession of the personal secretaries of Mr. Muhammad had become pregnant. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z Mother had worked as a secretary for a big garage in the center of town. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z The secretary sets down a step- stool, climbs, reaches. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z I opened the drawers of the secretary table and looked through the large boxes of official papers. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z And a valet and a cook and a secretary to travel with you and do everything you say. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z It turned out that my mother had once spent about a year working for him as a secretary, taking dictation and maintaining the legal department’s files. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z Out where she worked as a secretary for a petrochemical plant, many of the blue-collar workers used the word all the time. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z He went to his job and asked a secretary what kind of machine he should buy. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z Every teacher, the office secretary, the principal, even the school nurse and the custodian, all seemed to be watching, always watching. Frindle 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z A copy the second edition found its way to the office because the principal’s secretary, Mrs. Cormier, had found one on the floor in the hallway. The Landry News 1999-12-01T00:00:00Z There are lawyers and paralegals and secretaries and clerks, and everyone seems to know one another, and they definitely all know Mom. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z She starts at the school district on Monday as Dr. Cook’s secretary. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z Because my mom was a secretary and I spent hours at her office every day after school, I’d learned a great deal about business correspondence. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z I just felt so proud Reverend Cross had asked me to be the Sunday school secretary on Sunday mornings. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z In a show of solidarity, Anthony refused to run for reelection as secretary, letting go of control of the organization she had founded two years before. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z Señora Wallace doesn’t even drop me off, but walks me right into the inner office while the secretary pages Mr. Brademas. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z The same secretary who escorted Elsie and me to our seats on Welcome Day is seated behind it. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z "First we tackle our own clues," the secretary said, frowning at the result in the threefold mirror. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z “What kind of meeting?” the secretary would say. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z I turn to say goodbye to the secretary, but she’s already gone. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z The lavish, loose-living owner of the Washington Post, McLean was a buddy of both President Harding and the secretary of the interior. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z The secretary straightened, shoulders back, stomach in, until her next step. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z McNaughton’s secretary kept watch from a desk just outside the boss’s private room. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z His secretary, Mrs. Lindsey, greets me with a smile and asks how she can assist me. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z “I feel like a hitchhiker caught in a hailstorm on a Texas highway,” President Johnson confided to his press secretary. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z Mr. Waters smirks; the secretary’s eyes show pity. Black Brother, Black Brother 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z Their normal life was like this: both worked, Mrs. Dewey as an office secretary, and they divided between them the household chores, taking turns at the stove and the sink. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z Back in his private room, Stalin told his foreign secretary, “We’ll have to have a talk with Kurchatov today about speeding up our work.” Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z She told me that what she hopes people will learn from her life “is that every individual, even a very ordinary housewife or secretary, can make a difference.” The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z It was the secretary's turn to seal her lips. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z I’m the type the boss’s wife would hire for her husband’s secretary. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z “The secretary of war has selected you for a very important assignment,” Somervell told Groves. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z I just stand there, my eyes darting between them, until thankfully the secretary shoos them away. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z Some of the secretaries who’d seen the guy come in for his interview were saying that on top of this apparent brilliance he was also cute. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z She was in university, studying to become a secretary, but I didn’t want us to have to rely on the money she would be making one day. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z We tell the secretary we’ve been kicked out of Ms. Fleming’s language arts class for not reading aloud. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z But the secretary would soon discover the member’s other loyalty. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Angela stepped tentatively behind the secretary, not knowing whether to ignore her disability or to take her arm. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z After my last class, I went back to the main office and told the secretary that Mr. Samupindi had given me permission to use the computer. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z Later that night, Jake enticed the secretary outside for a ride in his Corvette. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z When I had my secretary’s diploma, I went home for a while and got a job at Olly’s clinic. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z "You heard that doorman say 'purple waves'; it must mean something. And that ghastly secretary was wearing a dress with purple waves last night, not to mention her crutch." The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z Her secretary, Ruth, said she was in a meeting. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z “Is there any discussion on Comrade Wright’s statement?” the secretary asked finally. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z For the rest of the week, I would sustain myself on bread, and sometimes the secretaries at the firm would bring me some food. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Arisna Whitaker, the dean secretary herself, is seated behind her desk, tapping on its glass—no doubt typing up my report. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z Nelson Bookman leaned back in his chair, straightened out the Xerox copies a different secretary dropped on his desk, and suddenly grinned. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z The only district officials who saw me that day were Schultz and his secretary, and neither of them had ever met me before. Ungifted 2012-08-21T00:00:00Z I decided to use it, but instead of handing it over to a secretary, I wrote a letter explaining that I had a message from Dr. Bledsoe and requesting an appointment. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z “Now, with the firings of seven principals, three secretaries and thirty-four teachers, including my own husband, I realize it is no longer enough for me to think these things. I need to say them.” The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Around that time, someone tried to shoot her and missed; her secretary, who was standing right behind her, was killed instead. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z The guy was tied up on an iguana call, but his secretary promised he’d come to the construction site as soon as possible. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z But then a new secretary of state came to Washington, the upright Henry L. Stimson. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z Instead there is a nice Polish secretary who brings me the right papers to fill out for Tatarska 3. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z She had been a troop leader in the Spies and a branch secretary in the Youth League before joining the Junior Anti-Sex League. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z And in a whisper I tell her, “I want to be an artist and a writer. But don’t tell Papi. He wants me to be a secretary when I grow up.” Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z After all, he had only returned from his five-year tour of duty in France six months earlier and had just taken up his post as secretary of state in March. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z Riddle set a limit of 130, ranted at the Hialeah racing secretary when the horse received just that, then balked when another track’s secretary assigned the horse 132 pounds for a later race. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z They were addressed to government officials: the attorney general and the secretary of labor of the United States; a Supreme Court justice; and two of the nation’s leading financiers. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z Not waiting for Ridgeway’s order—or obeying a signal shared only by the slave catcher and the boy secretary—Homer drove the wagon away from the doomed town. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z In England, foreign secretary Anthony Eden said he “deeply regretted” the news, and then set about pressuring the French not to overreact. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z His aunt Dorothy—his grandfather’s youngest half sister—was a secretary at one of the churches. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z She’s called the secretary, but as far as I can tell she basically runs the school. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z You want to be an engineer, a computer programmer, a secretary, a doctor, a lawyer, a caterer, a gardener, a construction worker, or whatever. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z It had been signed by General Carlos Cortes Vargas and his secretary. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z Past the clock where semi-bad kids're made to stand, past the secretary's office where form captains fetch the registers, past the storeroom, a long passageway leads to the staff room. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z He gives these documents to a secretary, along with a copy of the change-of-name form. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z Besides Grant and Blaine, the other candidate seeking the nomination was John Sherman of Ohio, a former U.S. senator and the current secretary of treasury under President Hayes. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z Glumly, the secretary nodded so long to Flossie and left the room. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z At first I protested, but then Katie said that the secretary was super old and probably senile, that she didn’t know what she was talking about and we should explore the campus more. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z He was, however, carrying business cards identifying him as field secretary of CORE. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z “Do you mean you want a secretary or something?” Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z Some time later, when I was more experienced at the firm, I was dictating some information to a white secretary when a white client whom she knew came into the office. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The secretary shrugged, smiling painfully; they lapsed into silence for a minute. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z He must see the secretary personally—those were his instructions. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z As secretary of the Geological Society, he listened to debates about the significance of fossils. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z The Montgomery preacher’s only response was a polite thank-you note signed by his secretary. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z Jay’s still in her “Church Jay” look that’s required as the church secretary—the ponytail, the knee-length skirt, and the long-sleeved blouse that covers her tattoos and the scars from her habit. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z At that moment, Cleopatra’s secretary arrived and told Mark Antony that the queen was still alive. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z I had agreed to international mediation, and on April 13 a dele-gation arrived led by Lord Carrington, the former British foreign secretary, and Henry Kissinger, the former American secretary of state. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “How about if you learn to type so you’ll be able to support yourself? I bet you can learn to type a hundred words a minute like the best secretaries.” Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z Powell’s job should be as simple as sneaking into the Seward home, shooting the sleeping secretary in his bed, then galloping away to join Booth for a life of sunshine and easy living in Mexico. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z He boldly struck up a conversation with Seward’s male nurse, just to make sure the secretary was indeed at home. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z The school secretary’s sharp voice snapped him out of his morose thoughts. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z When I walked into the front office, Mrs. Soto, the school secretary, looked up. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z In the wake of the Tet Offensive, Rand sent him briefly to D.C. to join a group of consultants advising Clark Clifford, the new secretary of defense. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z Climbing up to the boxes, the secretary found Howard and told him that the horse’s fans mustn’t be disappointed for a third time. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z He had spent just three years with the CPS—and never in a job important enough to have his own secretary—before becoming its CEO. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z After he had learned the truth, and had accepted the truth, and the Muslim laws, Reginald was still carrying on improper relations with the then secretary of the New York Temple. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z Since Bunny’s funeral several strangers—including the secretary in the Social Sciences office—had approached me and tried to pick me for information. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z Bombs alone would never stop the bleeding, the secretary explained. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z It was 1:10 before I had the list completed and rang off from the secretary. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z She was taking four AP classes and served as secretary of the French Club. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z The workout demonstrated that the horse was ready for the February 19 San Carlos Handicap, and for once the track secretary relented, assigning him 130 pounds. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z For secretary they elected Sullivan, who most decidedly was not a happy pupil of Hunt’s. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z Pitezel’s almost hallucinatory description must have tantalized Holmes, for he wrote to Cigrand and offered her a job as his personal secretary, at twice the salary she was making in Keeley. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z A dressmaker, a secretary, an inventor, a doctor, a judge. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z Department of the Interior, so Walter White spoke to Oscar Chapman, the assistant secretary. The Voice That Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights 2004-05-25T00:00:00Z A secretary gives us a little tour while we wait for the principal. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z While Mom gave my name to the secretary, I looked through a glass door at a field full of small wooden shacks. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z After all,with Washington as president, Jefferson as secretary of state, Edmund Randolph as attorney general—he might have added Madison as dominant presence in the Congress—Virginia's interests were hardly unrepresented in the capital. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z Inside the counseling office, I check in with the secretary and take a seat in one of the hard wooden chairs until Mr. Embry is ready for me. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z On the international front, Oliver held talks with the governments of Great Britain and the Soviet Union, and in January 1987 met with the U.S. secretary of state, George Shultz, in Washington. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z In mid-December the secretary became ill and was forced to go on sick leave. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z He felt a sudden, intense sympathy for King Solomon, and each morning, short on sleep and uncomfortable in mind, he barked unfairly at his clerks and his secretary without even realizing why. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z The secretary said her boss was down the hall, meeting with Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z He waved to his secretary, who stood a few feet behind him, and she handed him a bag. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z So on the first day I work in the office, I ask Miss Carol, the secretary, about Miss Saunders. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z One of the black secretaries asked the French woman what she was doing here. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z I glanced out the door to make sure the secretary wasn’t listening. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z "Call my secretary for an appointment in two months." The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z I announced myself to the secretary, who eyed me suspiciously before directing me into Chapman's office. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z Five minutes later Charles Howard stormed into the racing secretary’s office at Santa Anita and announced that Seabiscuit would not run on Christmas. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Mrs. Hall, the school secretary, approaches you with plastic bags. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z It is possible that Minnie in her role as Holmes’s personal secretary did the typing. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z The floor was quiet while we ate our lunch; no one else was in the office this week, except for Candace, Hoagland’s secretary. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z “Well, the secretary from the Literature and Languages Division was just here,” he said. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z The scandal, known as Teapot Dome, landed the secretary of the interior in prison. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z The secretary of the teachers’ union at the school had been informed about the hearing. The Landry News 1999-12-01T00:00:00Z “It’s okay, Mary,” he said to the secretary. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z The secretary declared that other measures were being considered as well. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z He starts his last semester, goes to class, sits with the social secretary to plan his graduation dinner, buries himself in highlighted annotations and supplemental readings. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z Then in the afternoon, an Italian gentleman arrived accompanied by a valet, a secretary, an 'expert' and two bodyguards. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z Only then does he stand up straight and begin walking toward the secretary of state’s bedroom. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z “Quite so. At a quarter past one, to the best of my belief, I was talking to the young American fellow—secretary to the dead man.” Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z The company owns factories, machinery and showrooms, and employs mechanics, accountants and secretaries, but all these together do not comprise Peugeot. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z Jefferson informed his secretary of the navy that the Osage were a great nation and that “we must stand well, because in their quarter we are miserably weak.” Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z An argument ensued and in the middle of it, one of the African secretaries turned to me and said, “Sir, can you speak English?” Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z He stated that he was going to Washington, DC, on Thursday or Friday of this week, and would talk to Mr. Hoover or his secretary. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z As secretary of the interior, Watt had authority over the National Mall and could stop the whole project. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z I acted more as a courier than a secretary.’” Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z “He’s finishing up a meeting, Grace,” said his secretary, “but you can wait in his office.” The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z Louis offered me a job immediately—his secretary had just given her notice. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z I was still staring, caught in the spell of power and mystery, when the secretary returned. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z Back at her hotel, she dialed and, to her immense relief, a secretary picked up almost immediately. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z After Seabiscuit’s extraordinarily easy win in Tijuana, the Bay Meadows racing secretary had proposed assigning him 136 pounds, but Howard had intercepted him and charmed 3 pounds off of his horse’s impost. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z After some initial misunderstandings, we decided that if we recruited members from a branch, the secretary must be informed that one of his members was now with MK. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z I push my way through the crowd, grab the secretary’s face, and give her a smacking kiss on the cheek. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z When we reached the minister’s office, we found some African secretaries in the reception area. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z When it was over, Thieu turned to his press secretary and said, “I wanted to punch Kissinger in the mouth.” Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z A wife, a girl friend, or secretary of one of the leaders, who would be willing to talk freely to me. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z Because no coaches were running north of Baltimore, the president and his secretary of state were forced to hire—at their own expense, Jefferson grumped—a carriage to take them to Germantown. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z It wasn’t autographed by Roy himself, Dad said, but by someone else, maybe his secretary. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z Now she was on the floor looking for the necklace she once said he probably had his secretary buy. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z These small offerings of food, of looking out for the kid, somehow made me feel more alone than when the secretaries didn’t remember to include me at all. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z Petra grabbed a jacket from the Lost and Found box in the lobby and covered the package with it just as the secretary came around the corner carrying her lunch. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z Also its vice president, treasurer, and recording secretary. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Suddenly the secretary’s Lewis Powell after his capture, under , . . guard at the Washington Navy Yard. son Frederick Stands at the top of the stairs, blocking Powell’s path. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z The secretary of war wished the Booth situation to be handled with as little public outcry as possible, and this meant forbidding a public funeral. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z What I needed to do was find an apartment in town, the kind of building where single, plain girls lived, spinsters, secretaries, teachers. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z His secretary was a white lady who looked about eighty years old. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Overcome with excitement, the secretary had to be helped to her feet for the oath-taking. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z The secretary of state, in charge of foreign affairs, was considered the most influential cabinet member, more essential than the vice president. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z While everyone else streamed out, he made his way to the secretary’s office and borrowed a copy of the Yellow Pages. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z The principal, the secretary, the nurse, and the janitor—none of them believed her. Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z A special meeting was called and a motion was made to reelect an executive secretary. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z Arthur Lee became suspicious, but while he was pointing a finger at Bancroft, Franklin learned from his agents in London that Lee’s own private secretary was a British spy! George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z Beginning to feel he was in actual danger, the secretary jumped off the car, pushed through the crowd, and sprinted toward a nearby building. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z He instructed his secretary through the squawky intercom that she clear the rest of his afternoon. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z The Winstons were the embodiment of the Double V, and Mary took her duties as secretary as seriously as if she were the head of the club. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z The secretary to the president of Schultz Sausages was back on the job. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z To make races more competitive, tracks schedule “handicap” races, in which a racing secretary, also called a track handicap- per, assigns more accomplished horses higher weights, or imposts, than less accomplished horses. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z After our friend from New York hired a secretary and had his cards printed, Black approached the mark with a proposition. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z It was four-fifteen on a Friday, and she was in no mood for secretary games. The Landry News 1999-12-01T00:00:00Z Smith had avoided Rosemont earlier in the season not because he feared Seabiscuit would lose, but because he feared his horse would win, prompting the racing secretary to assign him heavy weight for the hundred-grander. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z “He's not here. I'm just his secretary. He's out on another case.” The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z I see Dad through the glass wall, still talking to the secretary, and I sit down on the padded bench outside the door until he’s finished. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z She got a job as a secretary working for the Forest Service. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z “You didn’t think—” My secretary, Mrs. De Bourbon, came bustling in, looking worried. Ungifted 2012-08-21T00:00:00Z William Still, a Negro, was the secretary of the Vigilance Committee. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z I wait for her secretary to come on the line, wishing I’d done this earlier. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z He passed by Bryant’s receptionist—attractive, with waist-length braided silver hair—and then the inspector’s secretary, an ancient monster from the Jurassic swamp, frozen and sly, like some archaic apparition fixated in the tomb world. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z The women all wore Sunday dresses—a retired waitress, a sawmill secretary, two nervous fisher wives. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z Every day more and more city officials failed to show up at work: judges and clerks, aldermen and secretaries. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z This new initiative would be composed of American trailblazers in women’s sports who embody and support the secretary and department’s efforts to empower women and girls globally through sport. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z “For all I know,” he confided to his press secretary, “our navy was shooting at whales out there.” Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z If the secretary came with her, she’d discover Calder had been there all morning. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z C.P. stood on his side of the street watching the other man’s back until he disappeared into the noontime crowds of businessmen, shoppers, and secretaries along Main Street. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z “Oh, yes, I had a dragon—a sort of governess to me and secretary to Sonia combined. She was English or rather Scotch—a big, red-haired woman.” Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z My mother was his secretary, and they ate lunch together every day at a local diner, each with a copy of the tabloid Philadelphia Daily News spread out in front of them. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z The secretary was also part of the ladies’ conversation. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z Mrs. Turner, the principal’s wife and also his secretary, was clearly flustered and leapt from her chair when we arrived. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z The secretary placed a tall glass of lemonade with ice on the coffee table. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z It was something about knowing who the important little people were, the forgotten ones who don’t wear suits, the mail- room clerk, the secretaries, the custodial staffs. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z As a former foreign minister now serving as secretary of state, Jefferson required no instruction on the international implications of Americas debtor status. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z The last thing I wanted was to be late and upset Mrs. Shorter, the church secretary. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z "Your rather unpleasant secretary already hinted at something like that," Max Hartlieb said, "but—" "My secretary?" The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z “Or they can just leave a message with my secretary.” Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z The president's press secretary and the roomful of reporters sitting unharmed could confirm that there had been no explosions. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z Bookman read over the one-paragraph complaint and then handed it to Noyes, who read it expressionlessly; then Bookman called in a secretary and gave her the petition with orders to have some Xeroxes made. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z "Thief!" the secretary shrieked, nearly toppling off the stool as she grabbed her notebook. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z It was Galileo’s secretary, Evangelista Torricelli, who proved that this wasn’t true—by creating the first vacuum. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z I even worked there part-time as a church secretary. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z The guidance counselor is late today, so I sit invisible in the red plastic chair while the secretary brings a PTA volunteer up to warp speed on the Petrakis thing. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z If she had been born a generation later, or even a half generation, she surely would have gone on to college, but she worked as a secretary. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z “No, secretary makes the birthday calendar,” Sage told her. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z Maybe I've been wrong about the secretaries, I thought; maybe they destroyed the letters. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z Hoover, concerned enough to plan on informing the secretary of state, ordered an immediate investigation of Sasaki. Unbroken 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z The secretary and I were like Hamlet and Laertes in the final scene, where, because of harm done by one ancestor to another, we were bound to duel to the death. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z Ammu died in a grimy room in the Bharat Lodge in Alleppey, where she had gone for a job interview as someone’s secretary. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z The group elected Stanton as president and Anthony as secretary. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z "Oh, no, I don't think so. Her own secretary was suddenly taken ill and she wired to an agency for a substitute and they sent me." And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z “And I could indeed use a secretary. Gather your things. You’ll come with us now.” Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z The weights would be announced that winter, and given the results of the match race, the track racing secretary would obviously be inclined to assign Seabiscuit the biggest impost of his career. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z “Ah, yes. I almost need a secretary to schedule time for me to interview secretaries,” he teases. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z As Fadi waited outside Principal Hornstein’s office for his father to pick him up, he asked the secretary if he could use the bathroom. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z My secretary, Judy Fella, had used her not inconsiderable charm to persuade British Airways to give herself and me free seats on a Concorde as a publicity venture. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z She made more money at first than he did—$6,500 as a secretary to a real estate attorney, compared to the $6,000 annual salary he made teaching. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z And she was surprised to discover that the amount of neatly folded bills Michael-Mary handed her each Saturday at noon was within two dollars of the amount real secretaries took home each week. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z The judge’s secretary took us to a conference room while her boss finished an important telephone call. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z Principal Hornstein had sent the school secretary to call both of them into his office fifteen minutes earlier. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z He visited Secretary of State James Blaine's office several times over six weeks, and he wrote the secretary numerous letters. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z President and class secretary and lab-squad captain, but I got elected the Bathroom Bomber. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z Through an employment agency she got a job as a secretary at ICI, a multinational pharmaceutical company in Braamfontein, a suburb of Johannesburg. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z "I'm here to get Castle," Coach said to the secretary, Mrs. Dickson. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z The secretary toppled into a chair next to the invalid before he could reply. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z Truman’s secretary of state, Dean Acheson, declared himself flummoxed by Oppenheimer’s words. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z In 1867, while still serving as secretary of state and still bearing the disfiguring facial scars of the knife attack, he purchased Alaska for the United States. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z When she first visited Kubat at his office, she couldn’t get past his secretary to see him. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Jefferson’s personal secretary and trusted friend Meriwether Lewis was chosen co-leader and chief naturalist for the expedition. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z She became secretary of the St. Vincent de Paul Society, and after they donated food to the villages she wrote the minutes of their meetings in a notebook. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z Not: Dilbert decided to discreetly and without referring to the boss’s secretary mention dating in the workplace. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z She looked at me coolly and waved me away after reminding me that she was, in fact, an experienced legal secretary. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z Sure enough, after checking in with the warden’s secretary and heading toward the visitation room, I saw him approaching me. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z A podium had been set up in the center for Sayle, the prime minister, his press secretary, and the minister of state for education. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z He dashed back across the road, hurried up to his office, snapped at his secretary not to disturb him, seized his telephone, and had almost finished dialing his home number when he changed his mind. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z The boss let his guard down now, as he did but rarely, and then usually only when alone, or occasionally—as now—with his longtime secretary. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Later, during the indoor reception, White House press secretary Ron Ziegler got a message from a reporter at the New York Daily News. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z Out on the track, the racing secretary was surveying the crowd and worrying. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z A silence so profound that, like the left foot of the President’s secretary, it erased portions of the official record. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Mrs. Root said that Malcolm X made accusations about Elijah Muhammad’s conduct with various former secretaries. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z A secretary introduced us to Mr. Anderson, and we all shook hands. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z The Senate, which had openly clashed with Johnson over other key issues, began impeachment hearings, stating that Johnson did not have the authority to remove the secretary of war. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z His latest idea is a voice-command typewriter he says will do away with secretaries. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z “Regiments are costly articles everywhere,” he explained to his secretary of war, “and more so in this country than any other under the sun.” Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z He read each one carefully, jotting responses in the margins so that a staffer could prepare a reply or forward a concern on to a cabinet secretary. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z Duma Nokwe, the young and good-natured barrister who was then national secretary of the Youth League, was among them. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z He wanted the comments identified as coming from the secretary of the interior, less likely to upset the nervous CBS censors. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z "Very well. Go get your bags and return here in thirty minutes. My secretary will give you some letters addressed to several friends of the school. One of them will do something for you." Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z “But they would have approved of it. It’s what they would call sensible. They wanted me to be a nurse, a secretary, or a teacher like my mother. At the very best, a teacher.” Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z My mom was chatting calmly with one of the secretaries, while the other was giving Jeffrey chocolates from a big jar on her desk. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z “His valet, Monsieur, and the young American gentleman his secretary.” Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z By “her program” she meant the other channel, whose midday news show was more interested in the drowning of that secretary in Cape Cod than in the moon mission. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z I don’t realize I’m standing in a total daze until the secretary gives me a tug to keep moving. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z He set a limit of 130 pounds, choosing that weight because it was the most the racing secretary would be permitted to assign in the 1938 Santa Anita Handicap. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z I went to the office and asked the secretary for a paper clip. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z Early on the morning of October 24, he walked the streets of the capital with Henry Wallace, the secretary of commerce. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z The prime minister glanced at his press secretary, puzzled. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z Howard started referring to the racing secretary as “public enemy number one.” Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Obie was officially the secretary of The Vigils but he knew what the job really demanded. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Mom worked with my dad on the letters—she’s a legal secretary, and she gets straight to the point. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z In sum, he was a doll, and the Foreign Student Affairs secretary, though she loathed her job, loathed her boss, loathed working, liked him. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z Now she’s a paralegal, except she works at a really small law office where she has to be the receptionist and the secretary too. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z He had risen from lawyer to US congressman to secretary of war to his appointment in March 1919 as US attorney general. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z Before I left, my father had been teasing Atal, saying he could be my secretary when I became prime minister. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Welles added back a section cut from Koch’s earlier draft, a speech from the secretary of war. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z “I thought about trying for secretary, but why should I limit myself when I have a shot at president?” Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z She had taken a job as a secretary and was living at home because her father had threatened to disown her if she moved out on her own. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z In fact, when America went to war with Spain in 1898, after the sinking of the U.S. battleship Maine, Roosevelt left his job as assistant secretary of the Navy and helped form the 1st U.S. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z Mrs. Parks had appointed Claudette youth secretary, which meant keeping attendance and membership records and putting out notices. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z Stanton’s operators could wire news and orders all over the country—and soon telegraph lines across the nation were announcing the news: The president has been assassinated and the secretary of state attacked. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z “Let me talk to my secretary,” he said. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z At thirty- three he had a secretary of his own and a dozen people working under his supervision who gladly supplied him with any information he needed. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z Kathy was the business’s secretary, bookkeeper, credit department, public-relations manager—she did everything in the office, while her husband handled the building and painting. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z Just the appropriate number of desks arranged more or less pentagonally about the floor with the secretaries positioned in the center. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z The announcer introduces the secretary of the interior. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z They brushed past his secretary— told her it was an emergency—and sat down at a conference table in his office. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Many of them already knew of Carey from his role as field secretary of the nation’s oldest and preeminent direct-action civil rights group: the Congress of Racial Equality, or CORE. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z If you would like to discuss your scores, please make an appointment with the secretary there to see your counselor. Tears of a Tiger 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The secretary wears a splint on his broken jaw, which, luckily, deflects the knife away from the jugular vein, but it does little to protect the rest of his skull. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z "Besides, the rent's too steep for a secretary's salary. Believe me, you get the same luxuries here at a third of the price." The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z As I approach the glass-enclosed office, I see Dad there, waiting, leaning over the' front counter, talking to the secretary. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z They covered the secretary’s table, the reading desk, the stools—dreary papers of government, still bravely persevered in—of law, still to be codified—of commissariat and of armament and of orders for the day. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z “Under order of the Exclusion Authority and by the powers vested in the secretary of war under Presidential Order 1455, we are here to serve notice and carry out your relocation.” Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z As a secretary, my mom was bringing home more money than anyone else, and my grandmother insisted it all go to the family. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z That’s especially true when you’re two young black people, a secretary and a mechanic, coming out of a time when blacks had never been allowed to own businesses at all. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z “I know about second chances. That boy, Percy Jackson—he destroyed my old life. You wouldn’t have recognized me back then. I wore dresses and makeup. I was a glorified secretary, an accursed Barbie doll.” The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z She seems like she’s playing a part—an extra from an old-school Disney cartoon or from a period movie set in the 1950s that called for secretaries. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z Our secretary had told me there was a “Mr. Miles” on the phone, so I was a little shocked to hear Ralph Myers on the other end of the line. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z We see also white Loyalists of Norfolk upon their pleasure-boats now laden with clocks, bedsteads, and inlaid secretaries. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z Back in the main office, a secretary ran the attendance sheets through a machine and a recorded call went out to the parents’ home phone, alerting them about their truant children. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z That’s where we end up, instead of in the church secretary spot that Jay used to have. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z Mr. Anderson’s secretary held open the door and Bessie hustled the children out to the confectioner. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z A conservative Republican congressman asked the secretary of the interior, James Watt, to withhold approval for the memorial. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z The school nurse, the secretary, and two guidance counselors were chatting with one another not far away. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z Weeks passed and finally word came that I had an appointment, not with the secretary, but with the secretary’s secretary, a girl, Alma Zetkin. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z Settling the note dramatically in front of his startled secretary, he asked: “What the hell is this?” The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z But she soon rallied, and it was decided that Frank, who was working as Charles’s secretary, would live at Down with Bernard. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z The secretaries stared at Gaur and then Gaur nodded to me, as if to say, “It is your turn, Nelson.” Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Riddle had been harboring a grudge against Pimlico since 1926, when the track’s racing secretary had assigned his colt Crusader 126 pounds in a major race—Crusader lost to a horse carrying 93 pounds. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z I strode past the front desk, ignoring the protests of the secretary, and pushed my way into McCoy’s office. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z Mrs. Palmer was in Europe at the time, but her private secretary, Laura Hayes, a gossip of virtuosic scope, made sure her employer learned all the details. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z It was a secretary, her voice slightly agitated, who scared his drowsiness away. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z A cluster of grandees in tweeds and armbands identifying them as minders to the secretary and his entourage stood off to the side in the front. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z Of course, because she is the secretary, she must make a record of the proceedings. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z But my main concern was seeing the trustees and after more than a week of seeing the city and being vaguely encouraged by secretaries, I became impatient. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z I glanced at the secretary one more time. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z A male secretary tried to make them stay in the waiting room, but Blanca pushed him away and proceeded with a firm step, dragging her daughter after her. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z The judge led the secretary away from the crowded bar. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z Finally I tried to reach the important men by telephone, only to receive polite refusals by their secretaries. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z The secretary kept to the side of the room, avoiding the Oriental rug that might cushion the thump of her purple-striped crutch, as she made her way to the end of the table. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z He wrote up a quick report, handing each sheet to McNaughton’s secretary as he finished it. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z As Henry Dundas, the British secretary of war, put it, their goal was to “prevent a circulation in the British Colonies of the wild and pernicious Doctrines of Liberty and Equality.” Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z Along one wall was the office of the division chief, Henry Pearson, with a station for his secretary just in front. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z The press secretary shrugged with barely concealed rudeness. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z Again Powell refused, arguing that he must see the secretary. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Then I was really confused because Mother had never worked as a secretary for a firm that made things out of steel. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z “Okay. Call us if you want. The school secretary said the lockdown is a precaution. Don’t be scared.” Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z “This hallway is mainly 8th grade, but it also has the music rooms. We have band, orchestra, and chorus. Would you like to see the music rooms?” the secretary asks, sounding bored. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z “I called my editor’s secretary and had her scrounge up a couple copies. Maybe they had them at Harcourt, who knows?” The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z While Delmar was finishing the secretary of interior speech, the phone rang in the Studio One control room. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z Through the end of April and into May, a team of sixteen editors, reporters, and secretaries worked twelve-plus-hour days going through the thousands of pages Sheehan had brought back from Boston. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z Apá doesn’t say much, but he always tells me, “Don’t work like a donkey like me. Be a secretary and work in a nice office with air-conditioning.” I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z “What are you looking for?” the secretary asked. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z The secretary doesn’t sound too upset at the idea that Mr. Neck could get canned. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z I was informed that if I wanted to continue as secretary of the club I would have to join the Communist party. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z You’d think she was the governor and not the principal of Roosevelt High, after how many messages I left and secretaries I had to talk to. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z But her gender proved to be a disadvantage, and Froelick had to work as a secretary for more than a year before Warner Brothers promoted her to writer. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z Baron Rothschild’s private secretary, a large-nosed Jew in tight boots, affably beamed upon the world, as if his master’s name crowned him with a golden halo. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z The secretary watched Alex leave, wondering why she had said that. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z “No. I’m not really one of them. Part of the delegation, I mean. I had to beg for a place in the party. I’m his secretary.” Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z He has taken it upon himself as secretary of the Freedom Party to lie around on the sofa reading People magazine. The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z Mum said that secretaries could get jobs anywhere in the world. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z That first morning at the firm, a pleasant young white secretary, Miss Lieberman, took me aside and said, “Nelson, we have no color bar here at the law firm.” Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Smith sent his stable agent, Sonny Greenberg, to the racing secretary’s office with an entry form. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Ted's dad ran the parts department at a Ford dealership, and his mom was the secretary at a real estate agency. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z One of Alfred’s cousins and contemporaries, Henry Stimson, would distinguish himself in public service with one stint as secretary of state and two as secretary of war. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z “No, but he has an old-lady secretary who was more than happy to fill me in. She said I would find you right here.” The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Here I was a church secretary and Dennis was a stout deacon and we weren’t even married. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z So the night before the parade, one of the suffragists, Elizabeth Selden Rogers, took her to see her brother-in-law Henry Lewis Stimson, the secretary of war. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z By the time the late arrivals straggled in at 7:52 and the bell for first period was ringing, the hallways were crammed with gleeful students, bewildered secretaries, and furious teachers. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z The secretariat was a subcommittee of the branch executive, which reported to the provincial secretary. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Robert Lincoln served as secretary of war and minister to Great Britain and then worked as general counsel and president of the Pullman Company. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z The secretary’s voice shook powerfully when she made the call into the intercom. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z It was super embarrassing to have to ask the school secretary to help me out. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z They went to the one hundred fortieth floor, where the spirit medium’s secretary made them all comfortable with cups of tea. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z For over a year he served as chair of the Board of War and Ordinance, playing the role of secretary of war during the most tense and uncertain phase of the fighting. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z A National Action Council was elected, with myself as honorary secretary, to communicate this demand to the government. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z A secretary recorded who had given what and the value of the gift. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z My secretary would be coming in tomorrow, before I returned. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z “Is this for a school project?” the secretary asked. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z Her father called her his little secretary; her mother’s nickname for her was Mrs. Pedigree. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z The rumors were in fact true, though on all constitutional questions Jefferson deferred to Madison’s superior judgment, so he could accept the offer to become America's first secretary of state without political reservations. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z Mr. Derby’s secretary interrupted to say that Mr. Blunt, the publisher from Newbury, wanted to see them. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z “Darling, your secretary should not let any of these bank marketing girls come into your office!” Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z Maybe I should have been honest with Dr. Zimmer's secretary, or pretended to be concerned about the ailing Rosen family and asked where I could deliver a pot of soup. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z My mother had been studying to become a teacher but realized she’d rather work as a secretary. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z I contemplated leaving Wilson after a teacher printed and then distributed a letter I’d written to Spielberg’s secretary thanking her for helping with my spring field trip to the Museum of Tolerance. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z “Thank you for your help,” Metias says to the dean secretary. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z “Alex told you to scrap the statement our press secretary drafted and write this whole thing?” Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z “Hello, Isaiah, what brings you down to the office?” asks Ms. Kenney, the secretary. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z Ido not let on yet that we’re talking about secretary here. The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z The only women in the unit were the secretaries—and Elizebeth herself. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z “I was ordered to give it to the secretary.” Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z “God. She’s so nosy! No offense, but why does she have to know everything about all of our projects? She’s the school secretary.” Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z A blond secretary sits at a gleaming wooden desk. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z The secretary invited Reggie to speak at his second federal summit, and then heard him at regional summits in Florida, Texas, and Illinois. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z One of the bullets hits Reagan’s press secretary, James Brady, in the head. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z So now I know the truth: that secretary wasn’t senile. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z The fourth secretary went out and returned with three green-uniformed twin footmen. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z Plutarch was appointed secretary of communications, which means he sets the programming for the airwaves. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z The USO’s dance floor was always full of beautiful young ladies, but one enlistee stationed at the naval school had eyes only for the club’s secretary. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z He hired Joseph Stanley Brown, age twenty-two, as his secretary. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z “Now we’re off to bombing these people,” Johnson groaned to his secretary of defense. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z I tried to imagine what it would be like if I were Ee Gee, the famous editor, in an office full of potted rubber plants and African violets my secretary had to water each morning. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z There is at least one male military nurse to protect the secretary, along with Seward’s wife and three of his children. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z |
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