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...little businessmen arrived in Washington last week just in time to hear another piece of news sweet to the ears. After more than two years of hearings in various cities of the land, the Federal Trade Commission ordered Goodyear Tire & Rubber to cease and desist from granting special favors to Sears, Roebuck & Co. in return for the privilege of making the tires that Sears sells under its own brand names. This mail-order business has often accounted for 10% of Goodyear's total sales...
...similar underwater position, in a state of disintegration. Saying that dolls in general are not supposed to be "amphibian," the Federal Trade Commission resented the pictures as an unfair, competitive slur on the landlubber doll, ordered American Character Doll to show cause why it should not "cease and desist" from such comparisons...
...rocketeer. Born in Worcester, Mass., where he became professor of physics at Clark University, Goddard started puttering with rockets in 1907. The Smithsonian Institution gave him $12,000 over a period of twelve years. When one of his contraptions blew up over Worcester, the terrified townsfolk forced him to desist. He moved to Camp Devens, later to the desert near Roswell, N. Mex. Since 1930 his expenses have been paid by the Guggenheims...
...subsequent tut-tutting from courtiers, Associated Press put on the world's wires that in highest circles His Majesty was believed to have strongly urged (if he did not command) Captain Anthony Eden, Sanctionist Extraordinary, to assist in making peace quickly by means of The Deal and to desist at Geneva from trying to put through further sanctions...
...that proposal Financier Vanderbilt and his bankers had a number of objections, including the belief that for the banks it might constitute illegal underwriting. Moreover, they strongly urged Mr. Jones to cease & desist from discussing New York Central's financial affairs in the Press (TIME, Oct. 14). Upshot: Mr. Jones published his entire New York Central correspondence, writing Mr. Vanderbilt tartly, ''One very good way to avoid further publicity of this character would be to put your finances in order...