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...proposal looking to a fair, just and impartial treatment of the criminal, fraudulent and deceitful administration of present enforcement measures would have no appeal to one who has been a consistent violator of the law himself and has browbeaten and intimidated legislators to promote iniquitous prohibition legislation drafted and lobbied through Congress by the Anti-Saloon League...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: PROHIBITION: Toil and Trouble | 3/15/1926 | See Source »

...That a circular telegram be sent to the country, setting forth the many cases where England has browbeaten China in the past, so that the Chinese people may realize the iniquity of the British...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: Englishmen and Dogs | 6/16/1924 | See Source »

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