Word: homeland
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...competition yet held. Each was planned to be within the reach of a family man earning $2,100 a year, yet each had two acres of ground and plenty of character. Explanation : sponsors were four fervent back-to-the-land organizations whose lucid publicist is Author George Weller of Homeland Foundation. For reducing cost factors which the ARCHITECTURAL FORUM found irreducible by the individual, they postulated cooperative buying of land by "homestead associations" of several families...
...influence of the outer world of science and of current political happenings on Einstein his biographer skilfully handles, intermingling interesting data and anecdotes with the main thread of his narrative. However, in the case of the great man's exile from his homeland, Mr. Garbedian goes too far in his digressions. His rather long description of Hitler's rise to power makes the book lose in effectiveness in assuming the aspect of a general history...
Although amply warned of the huge human tide approaching, the French Government made few advance arrangements to receive the refugees. It had thought it would be a matter of only a few weeks before most refugees would return to their homeland. Indeed, one of the reasons advanced for quick recognition of Generalissimo Francisco Franco's Government was that it would facilitate the refugees' return...
Although he has just left his homeland under the quota, Prager did not wish to make any statement concerning conditions there since his family remains behind. Met at the dock by Dr. Cecilia Gaposchkin and her husband of the Astronomy Department, he was taken to their home for the day pending the making of definite plans...
...Great Britain, the leading international power, therefore, the Independents give support for a plan to return the Jews to their homeland...