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290, writes,“The ImmigrationRestrictionAct of 1924was a directresultof eugeniccampaigning.” - Kevles1985,101; and M. Ridley1999,290.
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x–xi. - Hofstadter1992,xxix.T. C. Leonard2009,38, accessedonlineSunday,November6, 2011,statesthat
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everydaylife. For that,see Spencer 1978 vol. 2, pt. 4, ch. 10, sec. 293,para.2, vol. 2, pt. 4, ch. 12, sec. 302,
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