Word: affectation
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Congress . . . has flagrantly exceeded its lawful power under the commerce clause of the Constitution. . . . The Act aims to regulate virtually everything that such holding companies do ... intrastate as well as interstate. . . . "The theory upon which the Act is predicated is that public utility holding companies and their subsidiaries are affected with a 'national public interest.' But under the Constitution there is no 'national public interest' which permits of Federal regulation, unless the person, corporation or thing affected with such interest is. in fact, involved directly-not in-directly-in some activity over which the Federal Government...
...Italian intervention in Ethiopia does not affect seriously our interests cried Sidky Pasha. "We received all kinds of assurances that Italy would not touch our ancient rights. ... We do not feel an; danger from Italy. ... We must realize with sad hearts that our country being treated in this affair as a colony populated with primitive peoples who have to bow without an understanding of everything imposed upon them! Ready enough to start bowing himself Sidky Pasha larded into his speech coy hints that Egypt must continue under Britain's thumb but should have her official "free and independent" status...
...bullets from rifles and machine guns made in England, Belgium and the U. S. last week. The compliment was returned by U. S. Presbyterian Missionary Doctor Robert W. Hockman of Jijiga. Said he: "Even the use of dumdum bullets-and I am certain they are being used-does not affect the Ethiopian warriors, who by tradition are accustomed to all sorts of the most unspeakable barbarity. This country cannot be overcome by mechanized armies. It is remarkable to see thousands of warriors spring from the grass and come from behind rocky hills when a bugle is blown...
...These great Government power projects will affect not only the development of agriculture and industry and mining in the sections they serve, but they will also prove useful yardsticks to measure the cost of power throughout the United States. It is my belief that the Government should proceed to lay down the first yardstick...
...Drugs are an established scientific medical aid. Still, their application is general. They affect some organs and tissues adversely as they benefit other organs or tissues. In electrical therapy we can concentrate on the particular without affecting other parts of the patient. With it we can increase or decrease blood circulation, gland secretion, nerve tension, muscle tension, metabolic change...