Word: eighteenth
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
That he foresaw such fame on the fated day when he gave his name to the Eighteenth amendment is doubtful. He was after all, no more responsible for its enactment than many millions who had voted for it, and much less responsible that those who had led in the agitation; and, in proposing the measure, he was only echoing the sentiments of his constituents. These considerations, however, avail nothing with those who, having found liquor in the Mecca of the dry, feel that to telephone Mr. Volstead would be the cream of the jest. He must by now have tested...
...people of the United States are getting used to prohibition," Johnson concluded. "Laws are better enforced, and there is a stronger feeling in favor of the Eighteenth Amendment. No law is ever perfect, but the Volstead Act, strictly enforced, will in the next few years become as nearly perfect as a law can become...
...Gothie Architecture in Germany, its Derivation from France and its Particular German Forms": December 7 "North German Brick Architecture and its Decoration": December 14 "The Hall-Church and its Transition to the Renaissance Building": December 21. "Architecture and Decoration of the Baroque Churches in Germany in the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries...
...Italian Eighteenth Century Opera," Professor Hill, Music Building...
...Eighteenth Century New England Poets, and Early New England Almanacs," Professor Murdock, Harvard...