Word: exclusionism
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It was against the law in California and many other states for Chinese and Caucasians to marry. It was also against the law for Chinese to own property in California, and unlawful at the federal level for Chinese to become naturalized citizens. These laws had grown out of the so...
Besides setting limits on how close their planes fly to ours, the major issue will be agreeing on the map of Chinese airspace. Beijing has a rather flexible definition of international waters. In fact they're claiming the U.S. EP-3 was inside an economic exclusion zone around some islands...
Despite these facts, both Harvard and St. Lawrence will look at Saturday's ECAC semifinal as a must-win. Neither team wants to leave its NCAA tournament fate to the subjectivity of the selection committee--especially Harvard, who lost to Dartmouth in last year's ECAC semifinals and was stunned...
Federal hate-crimes legislation has been on the books since 1969, but stronger and more comprehensive revisions are needed. Currently, individuals can be prosecuted under federal law if they commit a crime against an individual due to racial, religious or national bias, and the victim is engaged in a "federally...
Like Borodin or Mikhailov, these rejectees have not been proved guilty of any specific crime that would warrant their exclusion. Yet perhaps it is good that they must stay home. Too many of the Russian high and mighty have used their positions over the past decade of reform to line...