Word: alienable
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Secretary of Labor Davis is planning to remedy this condition. He believes that the only solution is a strict enrollment system for aliens. An "Alien Educational Bill" which he is preparing to submit to the 68th Congress contains three provisions: selective choice of prospective immigrants by our agents abroad; immediate registration of all aliens admitted to the country; compulsory Americanization meetings which all aliens must attend for five years after their arrival...
...Turk his own master?" by substituting the answer, "In Turkey! " for the usual retort, "In hell." These words sum up the fundamental characteristics of Kemal's policy. He stands today as the Emancipator of Turkey. He has lifted the people out of the slough of servile submission to alien authority, brought them to a realization of their inherent qualities and to an independence of thought and action...
Isadora Duncan: "The United States Department of Labor decided that I am not an American citizen because I married a Russian prior to the Woman's Separate Citizenship Law. That is a mild way of saying that I am likely to be prevented from landing as an undesirable alien, if ever I try to return to America. 1 should worry...
...Alien Land cases from California and Washington, to determine whether Japanese can be prevented from owning or leasing land in those states...
...always dangerous to play with generalities. It is more within the bounds of moderation to regard the triumphs of the "alien" in the Law School as a temporary phase, rather than a fundamental weakness in the College as a nursery for lawyers in rompers. As for the college presidents, there is satisfaction enough in congratulating them and the University on their careers, without going on to lay claim to the heirship of every educational throne in America...