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Dates: during 1990-1999
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When he was 18 and at Yale, the Connecticut drinking age was still 18. The states had received the power to set their own laws with respect to intoxicating liquors from the 22nd Amendment, which was enacted in 1933 in order to repeal the 18th [prohibition] Amendment of 1919. Eighteen made for a sensible age then, and was even more coherent with government policy when the 26th amendment, which guarantees 18-year-olds the right to vote, passed...

Author: By Joshua A. Kaufman, | Title: The Paradox of "21" | 3/6/1995 | See Source »

...term limit movement serves to continue the ridiculous tradition established by the 22nd Amendment to the Constitution...

Author: By Ethan M. Tucker, | Title: Vote the Bums Out | 10/26/1994 | See Source »

Levin, 46, was named the 22nd president of YaleUniversity last spring...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Nine Honorands Named | 6/9/1994 | See Source »

...matter how spectacular he is, though, Zimmerman is gunning for team victories. And although Harvard is ranked 22nd in the nation, he says he wants more...

Author: By Eric F. Brown, | Title: Zimmerman Piles Up Records, Goals | 10/16/1993 | See Source »

Yale University inaugurated Richard C. Levin as its 22nd president this weekend, in a ceremony dedicated to expressing support for cooperation between the university, its faculty and the city of New Haven, where Yale is located...

Author: By Kevin S. Davis, | Title: Ceremony Honors Yale Pres. | 10/4/1993 | See Source »

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