I think their experience has to be matched against the particular form of language the secretary of state is using.
President's private secretary uses members of the Secret Service to burglarize a safe.
"The secretary; it used to be there."
The secretary was using her left hand to curl each sheet back and her right to stamp the date.
'My secretary only uses the beeper if there's some pressure.'
The secretary said, "Just a minute, please," and used her interoffice visor.
The secretary routinely uses the economic variables of foreign investment, tourism and trade in his equation for national security.
The secretary had used soft clay to duplicate the marks.
A secretary, she uses her French in daily telephone talks with the home research center.
In methodical fashion, the secretary had used a pencil to check his reference.