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...early 1920s, Congress created a system of immigration quotas based on countries of origin, weighted toward northwestern Europe. "The races from Southern and Eastern Europe," a lobbyist argued, had no experience of government other than "paternal autocracy." The great immigration contraction coincided with a nationwide revival of the Ku Klux Klan, which, in this incarnation, was as much anti-Catholic and anti-Jewish as antiblack. The Klan's power peaked at the Democratic Convention of 1924, when pro-Klan forces battled for almost 100 ballots to keep New York's Catholic Governor Al Smith off the ticket. Smith managed...
...School’s fifth appointment of the year, and comes just a week after the Law School announced that Gabriella Blum and D. James Greiner would be joining the faculty as assistant professors. The other two professors who were appointed earlier in the year were Kathryn Spier of Northwestern University’s School of Management and School of Law and Noah R. Feldman ’92 of New York University. Professor of Law John F. Manning ’82, who was a member of the committee that recommended Sitkoff’s appointment, said that Sitkoff?...
...heat was on and it was really hot outside,” Ko said. “She fought really hard, especially in the third set.” Uvarova fell in the tournament’s second round to No. 13 Georgia Rose of Northwestern. Ko likely would have played Rose in March, but the match between the Crimson and the Wildcats was cancelled when bad weather led to airport delays in Chicago. The loss marks the end of the season for the Harvard squad. —Staff writer Tyler D. Sipprelle can be reached at sipprell@fas.harvard.edu...
...only not a perfect system, the death penalty accomplishes nothing," says Rob Warden, who heads up the Center on Wrongful Convictions at Northwestern University's Law School. "Quite the contrary. It doesn't deter crime, and it's very costly. Not just financially, but socially. We have some evidence in all of the cases where people are currently on death row in this state that the defendants were mentally ill - psychologically, if not legally - and there will be so many appeals and years will pass before these are resolved that couldn't, actually couldn't, see an execution in this...
...preparing for his planned departure from the Army this August by perusing openings on USAJobs.com and Military.com and establishing contact with veterans at employers of interest. With his experience as a public affairs officer, his Internet and networking savvy, and degrees from the University of Texas and Northwestern, he'll likely have his pick of offers. "For those of us with white-collar jobs, it's easy," he admits. "But for foot soldiers or someone in artillery, how does that translate...