Word: quota
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Washington was like a village on the eve of a barn dance. Guests bustled and bundled into town on every train.. There was a buzz of greetings, a helter-skelter of calls, a busy matching and arranging of programs. The White House received an ample quota of the more dis- tinguished guests as callers. The Administration, a thoroughgoing host, prepared all for the opening of the 70th Congress. To the White House came...
Immigration is the biggest row the Secretary of Labor has to hoe. Three years ago strict quota laws went into effect to try and keep U. S. work for U. S. workmen and not overcrowd the "land of opportunity...
That despite quota laws, 41,895 more aliens were admitted to the U. S. last year than in 1926?...
...candidates for the News Department. For the first week the aspirants work under the immediate direction and advice of the editors, covering assigned stories. At the end of this period, although a few regular assignments are maintained, candidates are expected to supply, on their own initiative, the daily quota of news...
Came the army to Bath, over an ancient road built for the war chariots of Julius Caesar. Bath, too, has its fair quota of pretty girls and they likewise enticed the young men from their weariness, while the older ones enjoyed rest...