commissioner
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Deputy assistant commissioner Helen Millichap, director of the National Centre for Violence Against Women and Girls and Public Protection, said victims may not realise what has happened to them for some time.
From BBC • Jul. 2, 2026
The law creating the FTC had specified the offenses that would warrant a firing, but FDR hadn’t shown that the commissioner had committed any of them.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 30, 2026
Findings could be announced soon because NBA commissioner Adam Silver said June 2 that it was time to “wrap it up.”
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 29, 2026
In Humphrey’s, the case the court overturned Monday, President Franklin Roosevelt had tried to fire an FTC commissioner with a one-line letter with no explanation.
From Slate • Jun. 29, 2026
"I was able to do the commissioner a favor once, and he sends me a Christmas card every year."
From " The Great Gatsby" by F. Scott Fitzgerald
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