Word: scopes
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Younger than the Interstate Commerce Commission, older than the Securities & Exchange Commission but much broader in scope than either of them, the Federal Trade Commission is one of those arms of the Federal Government which are so confusing to immigrants and children, fitting nowhere into the neat scheme of legislative, executive and judicial functions. 'Like most of the big independent boards and bureaus, FTC exercises all three functions at once. Founded during another reform era - Woodrow Wilson's New Freedom - FTC is charged with 1) prevention °i unfair competition, 2) enforcement of certain sections of the Clayton...
...shining Galahad of the League of Nations-although on the quiet at Geneva Mr. Eden has become a chronic misser of tricks for the League. Realistic Neville Chamberlain, his friends intimated this week, is bossing Eden & Simon hardest only because they need the most bossing, is giving plenty of scope to his more active and realistic Cabinet colleagues, such as Home Secretary Sir Samuel Hoare, War Minister Leslie Hore-Belisha, Minister of Health Sir Kingsley Wood...
Approval of these plans was never in any doubt, but the discussion of them gave scope for oratory. President William Green of the A. F. of L. elaborately denounced C. I. O. for splitting Labor's ranks...
...Passed a joint resolution introduced by Nebraska's Norris appropriating $150,000 for investigation by the Federal Trade Commission of propaganda circulated by private utilities against public ownership, after adopting an amendment offered by Utah's King broadening its scope to include an investigation of propaganda used by Government agencies against private ownership. Sent it to the House...
...physics. As the two are well defined, might it not be possible to separate them into two one-year courses? They would both take at least 8 hours a week of laboratory work and would preferably not be taken simultaneously. The chemical course would be of slightly broader scope than the present Chemistry 4, having one or two group experiments involving mass spectra and spectroscopy, and the lecture material might cover more advanced methods of analysis than laboratory facilities allowed in practical work...