Word: creation
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...until 1822 did the Attorney General have official quarters, then only one room in the War Department. Not until 1870 was there a Department of Justice, although duties wished on the Attorney General had been tremendous. Jealousies arising from Congressional dislike of reorganization delayed for a half century the creation of a unified department to handle U. S. legal affairs. Turnover in the office of Attorney General has been rapid. There have been more Attorneys General (54) than Secretaries in each of the State, Treasury and Post Office Departments. Only in the War Department have changes been more numerous...
...rather than the strictly individualistic Cambridge colleges, which it might superficially seem to imitate. Indeed it was several times emphasized by Harvard dons in speeches during the celebrations that adaptation to modern ideas rather than imitation of the mediaevalism of Oxford and Cambridge had been the ideal in the creation of the Harvard house system only five years ago. Some of the houses it is true have weekly formal dinners with Master and Fellows at the high table, reminiscent of Cambridge Hall, but on other occasions undergraduates are allowed to entertain women guests to meals in the dining rooms...
...emphasized, "I am speaking for the Chancellor." His exact words were not published but their gist was a declaration that Germany will not permit the establishment in Spain of anything resembling Soviet rule, and demands of Britain and France that they state whether they are for or against the creation of a Soviet Spain...
...been continuous. Long before the World War, Dr. Dow's company had produced results which showed that certain German chemical monopolies were by no means permanent. In 1930, the year of his death. Dr. Dow was awarded the distinguished Perkin Medal for his part in the creation of a national chemical industry...
...were stricken out by the Senate after Secretary of the Treasury Morgenthau's protest that it would be virtually impossible to collect taxes from them and their employers. Last week in Washington it was made known that the Social Security Board was preparing to propose to Congress the creation of a voluntary Government insurance system for these 16,000,000 pensionless citizens. To be administered by the Board, it would accept premiums of as little as $1 per month, pay maximum annuities of $50 per month...