It was because of that that I abandoned journalism, and took to so much duller work: tutoring and private secretaryship.

正是为了这个原因，我才离开了新闻界，干起了更枯燥的差事：家庭教师和私人秘书。

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She wrested the secretaryship of state from one of Jeb Bush's closest political allies, Sandra Mortham, in a strikingly brutal election.

ECONOMIST: Lexington

He, however, did nothing to conceal his contempt and she, when she won the 1979 election, made no effort to heal the rift, passing him over for the foreign secretaryship that he wanted and that precedent suggested.

ECONOMIST: Edward Heath