Word: illicit
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...play in which a young man enjoyed illicit intercourse with a married woman and in which a Lesbian made a play for young girls. (Nirvana...
...scream his offers. On the mob's fringe, for it was a veritable mob which left the rest of the Floor deserted, fubbers tried to make private deals at as low as 51. They wasted their petty time, for the Board of Governors does not countenance such illicit transactions. Finally the ticker by mistake recorded a 30,000 trade at 52 for the real trade of 3,000 at that figure. The bears then scurried to cover so hard that the stock mounted to $55.50, closed at $54.00. About 150,000 shares had been turned over...
...sold in saloons or public places, or drunk upon the premises, the people would take to the drinking of that sort of beverage instead of drinking the vile hard liquor that we now have, and that it would promote temperance and would aid you in suppressing the illicit still and the bootlegger...
...England Watch and Ward Society, guardian of Boston morals. Nearby waited a distinguished gentleman whom some recognized as Arthur Garfield Hays, lawyer, defender of John Scopes, of the Countess Cathcart. And everybody stared unfavorably at the untidy man with the magazines. He had just committed an illicit...
Apart from the courtroom scene, the play is one of homely American wit, complicated by illicit love, bootleg whiskey, and women's rights. The acting was good. Miss Hanson went through the part of the Judge with a certain dignity and carriage which lent breeding to the play where one would not expect it. Little Miss Lyons in the somewhat impossible role of the daughter who sinned was young, and eager, and refreshing. Miss Hill and Miss Milne did excellent character bits. Although we have already suggested the charm which Mr. Hodge continually displays, it is impossible to put down...