Word: systemic
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...first place, to students from schools where the honor system in any of its various shapes may have held sway, it will doubtless seem strange, and at first unpleasant, that at Harvard all tests above the rank of "section quizzes" are supervised by proctors appointed by the College Office. Their duties are two-fold; not only to see that students do not employ dishonest methods but also to distribute blue books and papers, collect them at the close of the period, sort and check them, and in general take charge of the conduct of the examination. They are not present...
That one exception is on the Pacific Coast. Between Los Angeles, San Francisco and Portland, Ore., the Mackay Companies (now part of the. I. T. & T.) operate a land wireless system. It is the only continental commercial radio service in the world...
Groceries. Again Kroger Grocery & Baking Co. added minor chains to its radiating system-109 Piggly Wiggly and 43 Kohn stores of the Missouri & Illinois Stores Co., located in St. Louis & vicinity...
...BUSINESS OF THE SUPREME COURT-A STUDY IN THE FEDERAL JUDICIAL SYSTEM-Felix Frankfurter and James M. Landis-Macmillan...
Authors Frankfurter and Landis analyze the political, social and economic forces that have produced changes in the federal judicial system. With the Civil War, the triumph of nationalism over "states' rights" enlarged the jurisdiction of the federal courts, modified and expanded their structure. Tremendous increase in industry so flooded their dockets that a separate court was created for customs appeals, and another for regulation of railways and other great national utilities. Involved in politics, this latter (a Commerce Court not to be confused with the Interstate Commerce Commission) was short-lived...