Word: units
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...unlike the T.V.A. or the S.E.C., whose decisions on matters of policy frequently rate headlines, these proposed bureaus would be solely menial, administrative instruments of policies already enacted by Congress. Since these agencies would probably assume a position similar to that of the Budget Bureau--a little-known, important unit of the Treasury Department--Congress and not the new bureaus would receive any forthcoming publicity, favorable or otherwise. Thus it appears that if the bureaus did their job efficiently they would blend into the general governmental scene, but if they were inefficient because of patronage or for other reasons, Congress...
...Crimson quintet kept that ball moving in the second half, and they proved that they could drive up the floor quickly when the opportunity presented itself. The team worked as a unit, and Northeastern found their tight man-for-man defense of the first period split wide open...
...worked his way through Yale, become an engineer, built fabulous Hopewell, Va. for the Du Fonts in Wartime, and moved up to manage various Du Pont enterprises. He had a record as a trouble shooter and a trouble shooter was what U. S. Rubber needed in 1929. This biggest unit in the industry had been internally unsound when the Du Fonts bought into it in 1927 and 1928. Francis Davis, diagnosed its troubles as twofold: the general collapse of crude-rubber prices that began in 1925 and the individual collapse of U. S. Rubber, suffering from obesity...
There will be 10 cruising units and a relief unit. In addition, stations with telephones are ready for the use of motorists, and ready for the use of motorists, and can be easily identified by their illuminated signs and green lanterns. Patrolmen have complete emergency supplies in their trucks or cars, including gasoline, axes, shovels, tow ropes and fire extinguishers...
...especially noteworthy unit of the exhibition is a copy of the first edition of Gaforius's "Practical Musicae," which was the most important book on music theory in the Renaissance...