Word: liquorous
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...case. The customs inspector testified that he found four quart bottles in a chest marked with Miss Glancy's name. The defense counsel then pointed out that there was no proof that the bottles were Miss Clancy's, that there was no proof that they contained liquor. The customs agent was asked to taste the stuff. Said he: "I wouldn't be able to tell you anything. I am not an expert on the subject...
...Haynes, U. S. Prohibition Commissioner, celebrating the completion of his fourth year in office, announced : "The big bootleg operator is making his last stand, as successful enforcement of the prohibition law closes one source of illicit liquor supply after another...
...Liquor. Whisky, gin, beer and other alcoholic liquors are drugs-this is the decision contained in the resolution passed by the doctors, effectively reversing the stand of the Association taken in 1917, when the doctors said that liquor was not needed in the treatment of disease. "Repeal the provisions in the Volstead Act that limit the doctor to prescribing not more than a pint to a patient every ten days," the doctors demanded. The liquor resolution contained a complaint on the quality of the liquor now obtained on prescription. In a scientific paper, Dr. Roger I. Lee of Boston said...
...gave out today a copy of a letter he has written to President Angell of Yale, charging a "conspiracy" on the part of the class of 1895 to violate the Volstead law at this year's commencement teunion, and attacking President Angell's position on the use or liquor at commencement as stated in a letter in The New York Times of May 26. Mr. Wright's letter reads in part...
...Committee has considered the matter of liquor at our reunion this Spring at great length. We have finally decided to follow the wishes of the large, large majority of the class, and have some liquor at our class headquarters. The cost of the liquor is not paid for out of the funds subscribed to the reunion expenses, but is taken care of by two or three men entirely outside, so that they are really entertaining their friends at our reunion in New Haven. We plan to control it more than we have in the past, and I do not believe...