Word: quota
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...kept in mind. These are (1) the Adviser's personal choice; (2) parents wish, if indicated in the confidential letter written to the Dean or otherwise; (3) the Freshman's preference, if a valid reason is given for it, and the Adviser thus chosen has not already his full quota; (4) the Freshman's expressed interest in some special subject of study in College, or his intended life work. No claim can be made that the assignment of Advisers is always the one that satisfies everyone concerned, but in the large majority of cases it is believed that the best...
...correct, quiet, cordial entertainment is the sum. Madge Kennedy plays prettily; the father-in-law is Gilbert Emery, practically the only U. S. actor who can wear a double breasted suit as though he owned it. Critics are generously delighted with Paris Bound. The title refers to the widening quota of comfortable Americans to whom the sea of matrimony is simply a broad Atlantic with French divorce courts at the voyage...
...great was the demand for tickets for the debate at Boston College, that it was decided to issue them only to those making applications several weeks in advance, and already its quota has been taken. Harvard students still have ample opportunity to secure tickets to Symphony Hall for the argument, however, very few requests having come in at a late hour last night...
...nature of quota-country immigrants, Secretary Davis' report showed three-fourths of them (254,574 in 1927) to be able active persons in-the-prime-of-life, aged...
...immigration increasing even under strict quota laws...