Word: sec
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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When President Gay made his original assault on SEC trading strictures, the Commission's chairman was James M. Landis. An amiable watchdog, he made only a partial retort, resigned to become dean of Harvard Law School (TIME, Sept. 27). For not replying in full, the SEC came in for considerable criticism from New Dealers. So when the SEC fell to Chairman William Orville Douglas, he began negotiating with the Stock Exchange for a letter to be written by President Gay explaining that the Exchange had no knife sharpened for the SEC and reviewing the Exchange's own plans...
...SECcommission. goes back and reads SEEcommission or secOMission; by then, remembers-until next week's issue-that in last week's issue, he finally managed to slur it into SEHcommission; by then, also realizes that he doesn't really give two hoots in Hell what the SEC Commission does and skips the page...
Reader McNulty makes his point. Henceforth there will be no more unpronounceable TIME words, but TIME will be the judge, radiorator will stay but SECommission will be SEC Com-mission...