Word: liquorous
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Government began a retreat from the high, dry mountain of Prohibition to the low, wet valleys in the land of Bacchus; the National Assembly renounced prohibition by substituting a new liquor...
...Four states (New York, Pennsylvania, Illinois, Michigan) paid more than half of the total Federal taxes, $1,315,769,011. ¶Taxes on medicinal liquor and manufacturing alcohol fell from $79,000,000 to $40,000,000 from the previous year. ¶The increased consumption of cigars was 8%; of cigarettes, 33%; of smoking tobacco, 4%; of snuff, 3%; of playing cards...
...Mayer was counsel for the " Big Four" packers, for most of the leading distillers and liquor dealers, for some theatrical managers. Although a lawyer of scholarly attainments, he was noted chiefly for his capacity as an organizer and his ability as a business adviser. His estate is more than double that of the late John B. Stanchfield of New York, but his interest in the partnership of Mayer, Meyer, Austrian and Platt was realized at only...
...twelve-mile limit of U. S. territorial waters. It is understood that Great Britain will agree to the temporary extension of the limit from three to twelve miles in the case of the U. S. A. only, recognizing that such a step is necessary to counteract the activities of liquor smugglers...
...works in a shop, meets wealthy Harry Ryan (Tom Moore) who falls instantly in love with her and marries her in almost no time at all. Harry has a private bar in his home and a tall skinny friend and a plethoric friend who help him put down his liquor. There is also a former lover of Mary who used to wait for her in the snow and slush outside the shop. In conclusion Mary decides that it is more fun to be rich and worried than poor and bored...