Word: government
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Members of this organization designate themselves as Bible Students. Their creed holds that Biblical prophecies govern all earthly events. By careful scrutiny of Holy Writ, the Bible Students have discerned that three periods of time, termed "cosmos," prevail in human affairs. Cosmos I began with Adam, ended with the Flood. Cosmos II began with the Flood, ended with the World War. Cosmos III, begun in 1914, will end in 2874, when "The Kingdom of God" will fill the whole world. An erroneous prophecy that the year 1928 would provide a cataclysm- ''Nations will battle; the dead will...
...Federal Power Commission, set up in 1920, as an orphan agency to control billions of dollars worth of U. S. water power rights. Its job is to license power companies to construct plants along navigable streams, to check their investments, to regulate interstate power rates, to maintain govern-ment options to buy back licensed plants after 50 years. The nominal commissioners are the Secretaries of War, Interior & Agriculture. They sit about five hours a year. The actual work of the commission is carried on by Frank E. Bonner, its secretary, Charles A. Russell, its solicitor, and William V. King...
...exert a real and vital influence on the men who direct the policies of the nation. Whatever else it may do, the experiment will furnish valuable information as to the direct effect which the expressed opinion of a mass of people can have on the laws which are to govern them. The Cornell...
There's been discussion aplenty of late about the advisability of the amateur hockey teams adopting the rules and regulations which govern professional rink play and, if the simon purse do seem inclined to take such action, just how much of the 1929-30 edition of the Code Calder they should adopt. A couple of months ago when college sextets were preparing for their winter campaigns, New England coaches and officials assembled to discuss just such changes, but the idea was dismissed until another season and those gathered in solemn conclave concentrated on the problem of rule interpretation. Both...
...American students in reply doubted China's ability to govern herself and cited many examples in an attempt to prove their point. Swigert, who was in China, stated that at many times he felt as if his life was in danger, due to the stories of continual uprisings. He also brought out the fact that China will not be recognized by the western nations until she has a stable government...