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SECRETARY. An officer who, by order of his superior, writes letters and other instruments. He is so called because he is possessed of the secrets of his employer. This term wag used in France in 1343, and in England the term secretary was first applied to the clerks of the king, who being always near his person were called clerks of the secret, and in the reign of Henry VIII. the term secretary of state came into it.

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A man who has been false to the Brotherhood is discovered sooner or later by the chiefs who know him--presidents or secretaries, as the case may be.

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Villarel would travel with some sort of suite, a couple of secretaries at least.

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One finds them at the tops of professions, with letters after their names; they sit in luxurious public offices, with private secretaries attached to them; they write solid books in dark covers, issued by the presses of the two great universities, and when one of them dies the chances are that another of them writes his biography.

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By Order of the Board Ashdown Secretaries Limited Secretary - Acruna Trading Limited Ashgrove Secretaries Limited Secretary - White Dawn Limited Ashgrove Secretaries Limited Secretary - Investpole Limited Ashgrove Secretaries Limited Secretary - Finco Togas Holdings Limited Ashdown Secretaries Limited Secretary - Bronya Limited Ashdown Secretaries Limited Secretary - Cloonfield Limited

Acruna Trading Limited, White Dawn [...]; Public Notices

ISLAMABAD -- Minister for Parliamentary Affairs Aftab Ahmed Sheikh Wednesday apprised the Senate that under rules of business chief secretaries of the provinces could not be made members of Economic Coordination Committee (ECC) adding that they were only

Chief Secretaries can't be made member of ECC: Senate told

By NATION TEAMHere is the list of Cabinet secretaries, Chief Administrative Secretaries and Principal Secretaries named by President Uhuru Kenyatta: Cabinet secretaries readability="16.

Uhuru's list of Cabinet secretaries

Yahaya Bello of Kogi State has approved the appointment of 21 new permanent secretaries into the state civil service.

Kogi gets 21 new Permanent Secretaries

VC SECRETARIES SEEK UPGRADATION: The Lower Dir village council secretaries on Monday reorganised their association and elected the fresh cabinet to actively take part in the movement to seek their upgradation.

Registration, verification of voters begins in Lower Dir

TEHRAN, Jan 13 (KUNA) -- Kuwait National Assembly Secretary General Allam Al-Kandari Saturday called on parliament of non-Arab Muslim countries to participate in meetings of Arab Parliaments' Secretaries General to boost cooperation among Arab and Muslim Secretariats.

Kuwait calls Arab, Muslim parliaments to exchange expertise

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina addressing secretaries of different ministries in Dhaka yesterday.

Bangladesh PM slams top officials for missing parliament sessions

TIMERGARA -- The Lower Dir deputy commissioner Atta ur Rehman on Friday terminated a total of 61 newly appointed village council secretaries on the recommendation of National Accountability Bureau (NAB) Peshawar for their alleged appointment against merit.

Village councils' secretaries terminated in Dir after NAB inquiry

President Duterte's Cabinet secretaries allied with the Left intend to stay put to push for the resumption of the cancelled peace talks between the Philippine government and the communist-led National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP).