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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Quotas. In 1921 the quota system was first applied to restrict European immigration into the U. S. A slot method of admission was set up, its size crudely fixed at 3% of the number of foreign-born U. S. residents enumerated in the Census of 1910. This slot seemed still...
Again the press whooped for heroism but the hero and all other airmen knew that he had merely taken the cure prescribed by the U. S. Army Air Service-that a pilot who has cracked-up must make another flight at the first possible moment, to restore self-confidence. There...
The mere announcement that this informal group exists stirred up such a news flurry that the tycoons, cautious, kept their intentions secret for most of another week, while news-starved correspondents were fed titbit after titbit about what the group was preparing to do. Meanwhile Mr. Morgan ran over to...
With admirable tact H. R. H. cited a light snowfall as his excuse for not riding ceremoniously from Buckingham Palace to St. James's Palace in the ornate state coach. The Prince lives in York House, which is really one wing of the intricate collection of buildings that make...
Springing up, he bowed deeply. The Queen bowed. The shopkeeper rushed forward nervously babbling, "I-I trust- that-that Your Majesty will pardon-all this-all this noise."