Word: alcoholic
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...experience as an oarsman, over 28 years," the coach said. "I was never beaten by a teetotaller, and I drank all the alcohol, wine and beer I could buy, beg or borrow...
...body parts) Mfg 476 331D Parke, Davis & Co 8,331 7,514 Prairie Pipe Line 22,800 14,637 Remington Rand 6,068 2,995 Republic Steel * 3,522D Reynolds Metals 3, 560 1,730 Standard Brands * 16,402 Standard Oil of Kansas. . . . 1,512 380 U. S. Industrial Alcohol.... 4,720 1,160† D=Deficit...
...feel you need a drop of whiskey while in your dentist's chair, there is now the same chance of getting it as in your doctor's office. Last week, Commissioner James M. Doran of the Industrial Alcohol Bureau announced that henceforth dentists would be allowed the same quantity of whiskey for office use that is now granted physicians-namely, six quarts a year-in addition to the two gallons annually obtainable by both dentists and doctors...
...Wickersham Commission by implication set 2.75% as a legal degree of alcohol for U. S. beer when it said that 2.75% would never satisfy those who had "developed a taste for intoxicating beverages...
Minor Matters. On several minor points the Commission was firm and explicit, 1) Unlimited prescription of liquor by physicians. 2) Fixing the alcoholic content of cider and fruit juices now outside the law until proved "intoxicating in fact." 3) A 60% increase in the number of Dry agents, investigators, et al. 4) Legal access to wholesale and retail houses handling denatured alcohol products to check diversion. 5) Elimination of independent denaturing plants. 6) No extension of the Federal Search & Seizure...