Word: citizenship
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...subject, said: "The subject is certainly a lively one and interest is perhaps keyed up a little higher by the element of danger. Recent laws of the Italian government make any arraignment of Fascismo an offense. Italians attending the debate and guilty of this may be deprived of their citizenship and refused entry into the United States in the future...
...measure thus defended, signed and made operative was the much talked-of law for the control of expatriates (TIME, Nov. 30 et seq.) which gives the Government authority to deprive Italian citizens in other countries of their citizenship and to confiscate such property as they may have left behind in Italy if they commit "acts injurious to Italian prestige...
...advent, were passages of two clauses buried in the application. The corporation sought the right "to perform any act permitted by the law to the end that . . . every child may enjoy the right to be born well, reach school age well, and be fit mentally and physically for American citizenship"; and the power "to set aside out of surplus and not profits ..." funds to carry out the ideals expressed above. These funds might be used in "building hospitals, recreation grounds, and helping established child welfare organizations." In other words since "surplus" and "profits" are definable by the corporation making them...
...superficial. Their captions picture the grand attempt to inspire an interest in the essentials of current life, a cultural background, and original thinking. "Social and Economic Institutions" at Amherst, "Introduction to Contemporary Civilization" and "An Introduction to Reflective Thinking" at Columbia, Dartmouth's courses in "Evolution" and "Problems of Citizenship", and Princeton's "History, Politics and Economics', all reflect the difficulty of making the horse drink...
...arrival of a courier from the President to the Senate, was at a loss to remember his subject. "Was I addressing myself o the Pure Food Bill or the Statehood Bill", he asked the presiding officer. "The Senator from Alabama was addressing himself to the Porto Rican Citizenship Bill," came the answer. Thereupon Mr. Morgan continued his speech on the topic of the Nicarauguan Canal...