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His secretaryship is remembered by most in and outside the club simply as “a nasty piece of business.”

From Golf Digest • May 5, 2020

“When there’s an assistant secretaryship at stake, a lot of principles get thrown out,” conceded the official, who asked for anonymity.

From The Guardian • Dec. 4, 2016

When the American Friends Service Committee offered him its secretaryship in 1929, Pickett saw it as an ideal opportunity to put into practice the principles he had been teaching.

From Time Magazine Archive

Bennett insists that there is "no connection" between the study and the secretaryship, adding, "It would break my heart if it were read that way."

From Time Magazine Archive

After several unpaid offices in that organization, he took a paid secretaryship which he kept for the rest of his life.

From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck