Word: antis
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Some uses "without political effect" to which Anti-Saloon moneys are put: publishing "a flood of pamphlets, leaflets, books and articles on the scientific, economic, sociological, hygienic and other phases of the alcohol problem"; publishing the Standard Encyclopedia of the Alcohol Problem; issuing press releases; "furnishing the religious press (which reaches the great bulk of our supporters) with articles intended to answer wet propaganda"; publishing The American Issue (national monthly...
...Senator Robinson is so keen about quoting my immortal prose, here is a line for him : In the present sloppy Democratic shambles, dry ice Robinson wears the harassed look of an Anti-Saloon League sitting timorously on the edge of his chair at a bartenders' convention. Let him turn that on one of his audiences and then try to giggle out of the applause...
...repudiation of the Brown Derby? Perhaps, and perhaps there are other hold-offs, more or less strategically arranged by the two parties. Will Senator Norris plump for Smith in his nationwide hookup? What of Wisconsin's young La Follette: is he pro-Smith or just anti-Hoover? Cyrus McCormick, great-named oldtime Chicago Democrat, has not yet spoken. It is known, now, where Col. Lindbergh stands (pro-Hoover) and Bridegroom Tunney (pro-Smith). But where are the John Davison Rockefellers? Who gets Scarface Al Capone? Is Aimee Semple McPherson on the side of salvation and, if so, which side...
...little tiger-yegg with a slouch cap; Cartoonist Frederick Burr Opper, of "Happy Hooligan" fame, who pictures Tammany as an old-man-of-the-sea on the donkey's back; Cartoonist Windsor McCay, nightmare man, creator of "Little Nemo," who illustrates the Hearst Sunday supplements with shuddersome, anti-Tammany compositions...
...considers that the cartoonist's status is that of a court jester. If "Ding" ever crusades, it is always in the lighter vein. He serves a nationwide syndicate which contains a wide variety of political sympathies. He tries to be non-partisan but is clearly classifiable as Dry and anti-Tammany...