The Library Table and the President's Secretaire were never implemented and these proposed gifts were replaced with the William Evenden's 1880 Resolute Desk.
12.
A grandfather clock, for example, should not be placed next to the bookcase or secretaire, because they both compete for the eye's attention.
13.
By the late Lord Stanley s special direction there was also present as chief mourner his Excellency Hamid Bey, Premier Secretaire to the Ottoman Embassy in London.
14.
Like the fall front desk and the secretary desk the secretaire en portefeuille's desktop lifts up to cover internal areas and must thus be cleared of all work before closing up.
15.
The National Maritime Museum's September 9, 1879 design plans are drawings for two different gifts proposed by the Admiralty but never executed, a " Secretaire " and a " Library Table ".
16.
Beginning with the first word, you risk making a mistake and being badly judged, " writes Louis Chaffurin, author of " Le Parfait Secretaire " and France's pope of polite.
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Most self-respecting businesses keep handy a dog-eared desktop copy of " Le Parfait Secretaire " ( " The Perfect Secretary " ), which regularly updates its explicit instructions for signing off.
18.
Ce dernier, dont les proches s'appretent a se rendre a Washington pour poursuivre des discussions entamees a Ankara avec le secretaire d'Etat adjoint americain, Robert Pelletreau, s'est-il voulu trop independant de Bagdad, a qui il devait sa victoire?
19.
As in a " secretaire a abattant " or in a Fall front desk the main working surface or desktop is hinged and lifted completely from the horizontal to the vertical in order to lock up the desk, forcing the user to gather up and store all papers and implements beforehand.
20.
Desormais, et sans meme attendre les resultats du second tour, la performance realisee le 23 avril par Lionel Jospin en fait un leader inconteste des socialistes face non seulement a l'actuel premier secretaire Henri Emmanuelli mais a d'autres barons du PS, et notamment son principal rival Laurent Fabius.
