Word: alienation
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...decade, militarists have dominated the struggling Republic. Fidelity to high principle and public spirit seems wholly alien to the war lords, and heavy taxation, robbery, and greed are the sins of all. It is only through the force of the strong arm, through the criminal control of district coffers, suppression of popular opinion, and vicious propaganda, that each militarist supports himself and his clique...
...Tilden outlined the following points which had prompted his suggestion. "If the American team goes abroad we have a reasonable chance for success. We could play in Europe during the entire spring and summer. Then our younger players, the team's bulwark in years to come, need practice under alien conditions. They had a great chance to obtain this, but it has been thrown away. Thirdly, there would have been adequate time to become accustomed to the differences in climate, food, light, and playing facilities. It would also have allowed the Americans who play on the Davis Cup team...
...reason was found in the rapid growth of the "nonimmigrant alien" class. These aliens are supposed to be visitors or tourists...
Last month Marcus Garvey's term was commuted by President Coolidge, at the insistence of Attorney General John Garibaldi Sargent. Since Marcus Garvey had never taken out his final citizenship papers, he was eligible for deportation as an undesirable alien...
...consequently denied to him, he went to Berlin and there studied medicine (1903-6), thence to Zürich to study law (1907), thence to Vienna to study law & medicine. His departure from Berlin was precipitated by the authorities who, on account of his radicalism, considered him an undesirable alien...