He earned the nickname "trustbuster" for reining in monopolies, and passed the first income tax into law. From Wordnik.com. [The Third Depression] Reference
He fought party bosses, sued to break up railroad trusts, was the "trustbuster" who launched 44 lawsuits against major corporations, gave the Interstate Commerce Commission the power to set rates, and led the fight to eliminate corporate election campaign contributions. From Wordnik.com. [How Right Is McCain?] Reference
By changing the rules of the game of business so that sociopathic business behavior is no longer rewarded (and, indeed, is punished -- as Teddy Roosevelt famously did as the "trustbuster" and FDR did when he threatened to send "war profiteers" to jail), we can create a less dysfunctional and more egalitarian society. From Wordnik.com. [Thom Hartmann: Profiling CEOs and Their Sociopathic Paychecks] Reference
But then Taft was a Freemason and a third-rate Teddy Roosevelt trustbuster. From Wordnik.com. [Vote for the Slurpee : Edward Champion’s Reluctant Habits] Reference
The latest demonstration comes from Europe's bustling trustbuster, Neelie Kroes. From Wordnik.com. [Munchausen Mommies of Antitrust] Reference
Joel Klein The DOJ's trustbuster is off to a strong start in the Microsoft trial. From Wordnik.com. [Bill In The Bull's Eye] Reference
The task fell to Anne Bingaman, the JusticeDepartment's much-ballyhooed trustbuster. From Wordnik.com. [Antitrust And Common Sense] Reference
The Brandeisians named for that old Progressive trustbuster, Louis Brandeis argue that no such "partnership" really exists. From Wordnik.com. [Robert Teitelman: David Skeel's 'The New Financial Deal'] Reference
Roosevelt emerged as a reformer and a trustbuster, taking on the corporate interests that had underwritten his predecessor's career. From Wordnik.com. [Bull Moose] Reference
For instance, despite his “trustbuster” title, he claimed that it was better to work with the trusts through friendly regulation. From Wordnik.com. [The Volokh Conspiracy » “If They Can Find Time for Feminist Theory, They Can Find Time for Edmund Burke”:] Reference
According to Janet Reno's trustbuster Joel Klein, this practice gave Microsoft an unfair advantage over Netscape and other browser creators. From Wordnik.com. [A Blow To The Empire] Reference
"Pride" shows that the company wasn't being paranoid when it claimed that trustbuster Joel Klein was carrying water for Microsoft's business rivals. From Wordnik.com. [The Trials Of Microsoft, 4.0] Reference
A cordial Illinois native whose preference for Sears suits sets him apart from his natty, preening colleagues, he had hit the trustbuster sweepstakes with his trouncing of Microsoft just as he was building his own firm. From Wordnik.com. [It's Boies' Town: Microsoft Hotshot Hordes Sotheby's Pie] Reference
Sandy Litvack, a dogged trustbuster in pursuit of Google. From Wordnik.com. [MONITOR Today! Ottawa's Technology Information Portal] Reference
Microsoft must want to tell everybody about all the integration-and surely somebody will at PDC-but there are the trustbuster taskmasters to consider. From Wordnik.com. [Microsoft Watch] Reference
After trustbuster Teddy Roosevelt followed McKinley into the White House, he used his famous bully pulpit to pass the landmark 1907 law that bans corporations from spending money on federal elections. From Wordnik.com. [chron.com Chronicle] Reference
Assistant Attorney General for Antitrust Thomas Barnett (pictured here), who will be leaving that post after the November election, has not been much of a trustbuster, to say the least, taking a mostly hands-off attitude toward business regulation. From Wordnik.com. [All Things Digital] Reference
Webster's Ninth has recorded as main entries broncobuster (1887) ` one who breaks wild horses to the saddle '; trustbuster (1903) ` one who seeks to break up business trusts; specif: a federal official who prosecutes trusts under the antitrust laws'; sodbuster (ca. 1918) ` one (as a farmer or a plow) that breaks the sod '; gangbuster. From Wordnik.com. [VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol XII No 3] Reference
But you know, Teddy Roosevelt was a trustbuster. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jul 9, 2002] Reference
Jen's a trustbuster. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Mar 11, 2006] Reference
«trustbuster». From Wordnik.com. [Frank B. Kellogg - Biography] Reference
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