Word: 1900s
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...agreed to return to Italy 21 artifacts that were illegally excavated. Both Italy and Greece are seeking the return of objects at the Getty Museum, and Peru is demanding that Yale University return artifacts that were taken from the ancient ruins of Machu Picchu in the early 1900s...
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That particular identity was made possible 40 years ago, in 1965, when President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Immigration and Nationality Act. Exclusion laws passed in the early 1900s had reduced Asian immigration to a trickle. In 1965, the year the Civil Rights Act came into effect, says New York University sociologist Guillermina Jasso, "the racist elements of immigration law were abolished." Annual per-country quotas shot from 100?yes, 100?for most Asian nations to 20,000, with preferences for close relatives of U.S. citizens and those skilled in fields with labor shortages, like medicine. The new law unleashed...
...line of red lights that frames the entire stage, including much of the top, as if to trap the characters within the confines of the set. Corrugated, graffitied iron extends beyond the lights. Within the lit frame, however, the décor is not incompatible with the early 1900s. The red lights are not the only delineating separating feature of the set, which was also designed by Lupa. A slightly reflective screen divides the living room foreground from the dining room background, allowing the juxtaposition of divergent actions in the two rooms, so the audience’s attention...
...early 1900s, Radcliffe enrolled around 500 students total, the vast majority of whom were of considerable social standing. Like all good final clubs, sororities, and secret societies, The Club existed for and because of its exclusive status in an already exclusive institution...