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25 Nov 2016, 9:00 am by Karen Tani
In “You Will See My Family Became So American,” she tells the story of Dinshah Ghadiali, a Parsi Zoroastrian born and raised in India who immigrated to the United States in 1911, became a U.S. citizen in 1917, and prevailed over the federal government’s effort to strip him of that citizenship in 1932. [read post]
8 Mar 2013, 7:08 am by Jon Gelman
That does not mean that the creative spirit that existed in crafting the original concept in 1911 could not be reignited to formulate an even better functioning program. [read post]
10 Jan 2013, 5:03 am by Jon Gelman
A recent fire at a Pakistani garment factory is reminiscent of the Triangle Shirtwaist factory fire Today's post comes from guest author Leonard Jernigan from The Jernigan Law Firm.The fires in two clothing factories in Pakistan on August 12, 2012, where locked exit doors and lack of safety inspections helped fuel the flames of death for over 300 people, has similarity with the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire in New York (147 deaths) in March of 1911, and the chicken factory fire in… [read post]
13 Jan 2015, 12:00 pm by Mary Whisner
So IBM ("Big Blue"), founded in 1911, is still very active in the invention biz. [read post]
19 Apr 2015, 6:18 am by Lawrence B. Ebert
 In 1906, ice cream melted while rowing.In 1911, patent on outboard motor. [read post]
13 Nov 2016, 6:19 pm by Jon Gelman
While not envisions by the crafters of the model workers' compensation act in 1911, the issue evolved into a litigated dispute over factual basis and the application of law (case or statutory). [read post]
31 Jan 2015, 1:13 pm by Lawrence B. Ebert
--As a historical point, in 1911, Henry Ford had won the patent infringement suit brought against him by the purveyors of the Selden patent. [read post]
20 Aug 2015, 5:47 am
To speak or write (increasingly) in the manner specified; esp. in to wax lyrical, to wax eloquent...Historical examples in the OED: "he gallant colonel then gallantly waxed eloquent in praise of women" (1842), "He had the genius of taste except at certain moments when the Massenet slumbering in the heart of every Frenchman awoke and waxed lyrical" (1911).My favorite "wax" quote is from the Marx Brothers ("Horse Feathers"):Wagstaff's Receptionist:… [read post]
5 Oct 2015, 7:24 pm by Jon Gelman
But then, wasn't that the intent of the now antiquated 1911 system anyway? [read post]
24 Aug 2020, 10:30 pm by Mitra Sharafi
From the publisher: Contrary to longtime assumptions about the insular nature of imperial China’s legal system, Circulating the Code demonstrates that in the Qing dynasty (1644–1911) most legal books were commercially published and available to anyone who could afford to buy them. [read post]
19 Nov 2013, 3:28 am by Jon Gelman
The labor movement was the catalyst for the legislation known as the Workers' Compensation Act following the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire in 1911. [read post]
31 Oct 2016, 1:17 pm
For example:- Group life insurance came into being in 1911- In 1914, just over a decade since Dayton's Wright Brothers made the first powered flight (no TSA, either), Northwestern Mutual paid "its first death claim caused by an airplane accident" when some unfortunate passenger exited before the actual landing. [read post]
12 Aug 2013, 3:39 am by Jon Gelman
In 1911 most states enacted workers' compensation legislation creating a promise for a better system of benefits for injured workers. [read post]
20 Feb 2017, 9:30 am by Christine Corcos
But it was also a principled personal conflict, with the Bodley Head publisher John Lane (1854-1925) and Liberal editor Charles Geake (1867-1919) on one side and Charles Frederic Moberly Bell (1847-1911), the Managing Director of The Times, on the other. [read post]
25 Jun 2018, 10:00 pm
It then took 75 years before patent number one million was issued in 1911 for solid (not air-filled) tires. [read post]
4 Nov 2016, 9:30 pm by Dan Ernst
  Branch was a 1911 graduate of Harvard Law School, where he was a Sears Prize winner and served on the law review when Robert T. [read post]
19 Nov 2015, 12:56 pm
President Woodrow Wilson from programs and buildings over what they said was his racist legacy....Wilson was president of Princeton from 1902 to 1910 and served as New Jersey's governor from 1911 to 1913, when he entered the White House. [read post]
8 Oct 2018, 2:26 pm by Michel-Adrien
Section 12 of Canada’s Copyright Act was first written as a piece of UK legislation passed in 1911. [read post]
24 Apr 2020, 6:30 am by Dan Ernst
It will then survey the study of comparative law and the influence of foreign law on the development of Chinese administrative law in the Republic of China era (1911–1949) and after the establishment of the People's Republic of China (1949-). [read post]