Word: alcoholism
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Provided, That from and after the passage of this act any beverage obtained by the alcoholic fermentation of an infusion or decoction of barley, malt, cereals and hops in drinkable water or by the natural fermentation of apple or other fruit, vegetable or herb juices containing not more than 2.75 per centum* of alcohol by volume may be manufactured, sold or transported for sale in original packages for consumption in homes and places other than the place of sale...
...Chaulmoogra seeds, from which the oil is extracted, are a product of a tree which grows freely in Burma, Bengal and Assam. The oil with a little caustic soda added, yields sodium chaulmoograte, and free chaulmoogric acid is obtained by the addition of hydrochloric acid. If a little alcohol is poured into this chaulmoogric acid ethyl chaulmoograte is obtained, that is, ethyl estermiscible with blood...
Governor Pinchot of Pennsylvania: "Arrests for drunkenness have enormously increased . . illegal withdrawals of whisky continue to increase, and, most significant of all, the withdrawals of alcohol to be denatured have nearly trebled in two years . . . I know of no scandal in our national history to compare with...
...French Government. He instructed them to incorporate into any plan which the experts might suggest the present Franco-Belgian control in the Ruhr; to propose Allied or international supervision of German tax-collecting and expenditures; to suggest control or supervision of German resources, such as customs, railroads, tobacco and alcohol monopolies, coal production, which should be set aside for payment of reparations; to make it clear that France will have no objection to other Allies joining her in utilization of the Ruhr...
Fanshastics. This singular title fills one with a foreboding of dislocated locution due to alcohol. Such an impression should be banished. " Fantastics" is applied to husbands by Grace George, welcomed as a perfect description by Annie O'Tandy (Laura Hope Crews), mispronounced by her thereafter. The title was later changed to Merry Wives of Gotham...