Word: virtually
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...most important business which came before the Student Council at its first meeting was the case of the University Register. Early last spring the weak financial condition of the Register was made known and at that time the CRIMSON suggested that the members of the Student Council, as virtual directors of the Register, put their shoulders to the wheel and get rid of the "trade" which the managers had on their hands. They were then given statements of that "trade," but no further attempt at publicity was made...
...would be strange, indeed, if Mr. Wilson's conception of the relative powers of the three orders in the government had remained unchanged during the decades which have witnessed the extension of the railway and the telegraph, the virtual creation of the telephone and the birth of wireless telegraphy, with the appearance of the trusts, the rise of the Socialist party, and the advent of a radicalism such as had not been dreamed of in 1884. In this interval a stupendous economic and political transformation has taken place. Mr. Wilson declares that "Congress is predominant over its so-called...
...does not, however, conceal his belief that an increasing number of industries will come to be carried on under conditions of virtual monopoly. He, therefore, argues for some sort of regulating commission analogous to the Interstate Commerce Commission. This is a proposal favored by an increasing number of lawyers as well as by many concerned with the management of existing monopolies. Whether it would prove a wise solution of the trust problem is primarily an economic rather than a legal question. It is also a far less simple question than the lawyer seems to appreciate...
...their work well. Another reason that the two-party system would not be a success in France is the great centralization of the Franch government. The Minister of Justice alone has the power to make 8000 appointments and if there were one dominant party, that party would be a virtual despot. The committee system acts as a check on the enormous powers of the French Minister. What the French Minister lacks in irresponsibility he makes up in power, and what the English Minister lacks in power he makes up in irresponsibility. It is the maintenance of such features of administration...