Sen. John Sherman (R â OH), the principal author of the Sherman Antitrust Act. The Sherman Antitrust Act (Sherman Act, 26 Stat. 209, 15 U.S.C. Â§Â§ 1 â 7) is a landmark federal statute in the history of United States antitrust law (or  competition law ) passed by Congress in 1890.he purpose of the [Sherman] Act is not to protect businesses from the working of the market; it is to protect the public from the failure of the market.
By Ginny Wiehardt. Definition: Mystery is a genre of fiction in which a detective, either an amateur or a professional, solves a crime or a series of crimes. Because detective stories rely on logic, supernatural elements rarely come into play.
Cloud, fog, haze, mist differ somewhat in their figurative uses. Cloud connotes especially daydreaming: His mind is in the clouds. Fog and haze connote especially bewilderment or confusion: to go around in a fog (haze ). Mist has an emotional connotation and suggests tears: a mist in one's eyes.