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Showing 1 to 20 of 310 for “"Secretary"”.
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A multiple secretary problem with switch costs
… to determine the optimal selection rule for the secretary problem with switch costs, in which a known number of applicants appear sequentially in a random order, and the objective is to maximize the sum of the qualities of all hired secretaries over all time. It is assumed that the quality of …
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Inconspicuous but Indispensable: Charles Anderson Dana as Assistant Secretary of War
… journalistic talents and patriotism, he gained Secretary of War Edwin M. Stanton's trust, which was essential for Dana to perform his duties effectively at the War Department in Washington City from 1864 to 1865. His obligations encompassed a broad spectrum of responsibilities from investigating …
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Contributions on secretary problems, independent sets of rectangles and related problems
… optimization. We first study the matroid secretary problem, which is a generalization proposed by Babaioff, Immorlica and Kleinberg of the classical secretary problem. In this problem, the elements of a given matroid are revealed one by one. When an element is revealed, we learn …
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Jacobean secretary: the political career of Sir Ralph Winwood (1563-1617)
… years before his appointment as principal Secretary of State in 1614. His short tenure in office could not be described as successful, except in a personal sense, for although the post enabled him to die wealthy and well-respected, he made no concerted effort to stay the erosion of early …
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State government and higher education in Virginia: the Secretary of Education
… a better understanding of the position of Secretary of Education, one facet of the multi-faceted relationship between state government and higher education in the Commonwealth of Virginia. The problem of this research effort, therefore, was to describe the historical context of the …
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Theodore Roosevelt and His Secretary of the Interior, James R. Garfield 1907-1909
… these men James H. Garfield, shots he appointed Secretary of the interior in 190? and to determine the influence he had in this position on carrying out the progressive policies of the president with regard to conservation</p>
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Politics, Feminism, and Popular Television: Madam Secretary as a Politician, Wife, and Mother
… at the representation of the character of the US Secretary of State, Elizabeth McCord, in the television drama <em>Madam Secretary</em> in order to evaluate whether the show challenges or reproduces the postfeminist notion that "women can have it all." Through a qualitative textual analysis of six …
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The office secretary a study of an occupational group of women office workers
… which women predominated, that of the office secretary. The research aimed to examine the occupation in the general context of women's employment and in particular to examine the relationship between the secretary's job and occupational and social mobility. Information was obtained from two …
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Secretary of State Robert Lansing and Colonel E.M. House at the Paris Peace Conference
… held contradictory views on Lansing’s career as Secretary of State. It has been, therefore, the object of the present research to provide a better understanding of what Lansing did accomplish at Paris and what he did not. It also sets the task of understanding the Lansing-House relationship …
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An exploration of the role of the school secretary/administrator in the city of Dublin vocational education committee (CDVEC)
… this study is to examine the role of the school secretary/administrator in CDVEC and to make recommendations that will improve the understanding of the role and performance for the benefit of all stakeholders. In completing the study the researcher consulted with stakeholder representatives as to …
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Man and his world : an Indian, a secretary and a queer child : Expo 67 and the nation in Canada
Read today as a "bright and shining" moment, or as the "last good year" in Pierre Berton's estimation, a period that has since slid into the current crises of nationhood, Expo 67 is seen to mark a "turning point" in the complexion of the nation. This representation of history became entrenched as …
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The Principles of Charles Evans Hughes, Secretary of State, 1921-1925, in Directing the Foreign Policy of the United States
… State of New York; his four years of service as Secretary of State are overshadowed by his later eminence as Chief Justice.</p> <p>The years when Hughes served as Secretary of State were unique in the diplomatic history of the United States. The country emerged from the First World War with new …
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The role of the coordinating secretary in organizations affiliated with the Association of School Business Officials of the United States and Canada
… the development of the position of Coordinating Secretary.The population of the study included sixteen individuals identified as Coordinating Secretaries of associations affiliated with ASBO and five association secretaries who, though elected annually, have, by agreement, continued to serve year …
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The development of an automated meeting scheduler
The Virtual Secretary is a software agent that can act on behalf of its user's secretary. This dissertation presents an introduction to automating a secretarial task, that is, meeting scheduling. Meeting scheduling is a part of the Virtual Secretary's task that negotiates on its user's behalf to …
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