He was obliged to engage secretaries, and in 1830 he became totally blind.
The business of management rarely engages secretaries of state, but it is an obsession in the modern American military -- developing and motivating talent, delegating authority while holding subordinates to account, dispensing praise and trust in exchange for loyalty and hard work, tending to morale.
Not what we have at the moment, although it's what any engaged home secretary could suggest.
The Chinese, who were initially infuriated and complained bitterly about what they considered interference in their internal affairs, in the end quietly engaged with Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton and a team of diplomats to defuse the situation.
While a sergeant at the siege of Toulon in September 1793, he was engaged as secretary by Napoleon, who, impressed by his courage, promoted him to captain and made him his aide-de-camp in 1794.
The Secretary shall evaluate applications through the officers and employees, experts, consultants, or groups engaged by the Secretary for that purpose, including review or consultation with the appropriate advisory council or other body as may be required by law.
There is no doubt that the Americans are actively engaged: America's secretary of state, Colin Powell, is in almost daily contact with General Musharraf.
According to the analysis, Goldsmith has discussed crime on 93 separate occasions since 2010, while in the same period Khan – perhaps unsurprisingly given his role as shadow justice secretary – engaged with the issue on 1,656 occasions.
His classmates at Mukibi's Educational Institute for the Sons of African Gentlemen included his closest friend, the big-for-his-age King Kong, a dedicated fan of the singer Miriam Makeba, to whom "he believed he was virtually engaged" since a secretary sent him a signed photo.
You don't have to be best friends, but as Peggy's complicated relationship with Joan attests, it's good to have an ally when you both really need one -- like, say, when your boss and mentor returns from a trip to California and suddenly announces he's engaged to his secretary.
LOS ANGELES, Feb 19 (Reuters) - The U.S. labor secretary engaged in a third straight day of talks with shipping executives and union leaders for dockworkers on Thursday seeking to settle a contract dispute that has led to months of disruptions at the 29 ports along the West Coast.
