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  • With the Wilson administration's decision to break off diplomatic relations with Germany in February 1917 and the subsequent withdrawal of American WPA Secretaries from the empire, relations between the American and German Associations became strained.

    Pursuit of an 'Unparalleled Opportunity': The American YMCA and Prisoner of War Diplomacy among the Central Power Nations during World War I 2008

  • I said the Secretaries were our servants, not our masters, and we ought to have a voice in everything that transpired at Blue Ridge.

    Oral History Interview with Howard Kester, July 22, 1974. Interview B-0007-1. Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007) 1974

  • The heads of these departments were called Secretaries, and, with the

    A Brief History of the United States

  • It was Administrative Professionals Day, which used to be called Secretaries Day.

    The New Yorker Lauren Collins 2009

  • Dr. Bhagwati coined the term "Wall Street Treasury Complex" which, like military-industrial complex, refers the collection of powerful and wealthy lobbyists acting in their own self-interest, from the financial community, who also, from time to time, populate the U.S. government by serving in important positions such as Secretaries of the Treasury.

    Diane Francis: Nail Banks with Super Taxes! 2009

  • Cookie bouquets are an inside joke with the assistants because they’re what our bosses get us on the day formerly known as Secretaries Day and now known as Cookie Bouquet Day.

    Good-Bye To All That Margo Candela 2010

  • Cookie bouquets are an inside joke with the assistants because they’re what our bosses get us on the day formerly known as Secretaries Day and now known as Cookie Bouquet Day.

    Good-Bye To All That Margo Candela 2010

  • They all report to the Secretary of Homeland Security, along with 18 other assorted "Secretaries," Officers, Directors and the like.

    ChronWatch - Articles Harris Sherline 2010

  • "Here is a pair of very strange birds," said the gentleman who accompanied them; "they are called Secretaries, on account of the feathers which hang behind their heads, as the feather of a pen does when a clerk puts it behind his ear: but they are very useful, for they are snake-killers; indeed, they would, if they could, live altogether upon snakes, which they are very great enemies to, never letting one escape.

    Masterman Ready The Wreck of the "Pacific" Frederick Marryat 1820

  • Wendy has worked around the state for many notable Democrats such as Secretaries of State Max Cleland, Lewis Massey and Cathy Cox; Congressman Sanford Bishop;

    Blog for Democracy 2009

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