... and later, in the United States, with the Chicago firm of Holabird and Roche (1924). This professional training disposed him to design values associated with the machine aesthetic and the potential of technological innovation. Coupled with this perspective was a fascination with natural phenomenon, which was nurtured during brief employment (Summer 1919) at ... local landscape with the European modernist tradition of treating nature as mere backdrop to man-made architecture with the soft forms of nature proving a contrast to machine-age materials. In the Lovell Health House (Los Angele...

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... to the gangsterism of the prohibition era was the first major gun control law passed by congress. It imposed taxes on the sale or transfer of certain firearms; such as machine guns, sawed-off rifles, and shotguns; required manufactures to put serial numbers of such weapons by the owner; and required sellers of such firearms to be licensed (C214). The 1934 ... Firearms Act led to the decline of machine guns such as the "Tommy Gun" and other typical gangster weapons, but did not contain any provisions that covered the sale of handguns and did not prohibit anybody from purchasing ... sacr...

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... the roughest and most offensive songs. A third station WPWR opted for a different route, saying it would lose credibility with its audience if it banned music that reflects the language of urban life. "We've got to speak their language" if the message of the record is "Don't call me a bitch" we have got to allow the artist to get the message ... are supposed to be on our side." Another "Freedom Fighter" against music censorship is 71-year-old Mary Morello, Mother of Tom Morello, the former guitarist of Rage Against the Machine. Who act has also had their share of censorship. Morello is ...

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