Word: prohibitionist
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Prohibition. Given the American problem and the American climate, Sir Auckland thought he would become a prohibitionist. A cheer came from a corner of the hall; the speaker added that, fortunately, he was not "given the American climate." (Laughter...
...famous contest for a prohibitionist nickname, it will be sufficient her to say that the name has been found, and that it is surely "catchy". Taken all in all, if the Advocate keeps up to the high standard of the three issues which it has been my distinct pleasure to review this year, it will surely win back for itself the reputation and enviable position as the leader of the University's literary taste and thought that it once held
...private bill to allow local option to Wales and Monmouthshire on the question of temperance was introduced. The Government withheld support. The closure motion- was defeated by 28 votes and the bill was talked out. Lady Astor, feminine prohibitionist, accused the Govern-ment of "wobbling...
...Haynes [Prohibition Commissioner] is an honest man and a man of ability. He is a sincere prohibitionist and, if permitted, could do the country a service. He is not being permitted...
...accused Farnol gently, of being a prohibitionist. Most of his interviews since he arrived have been devoted to this subject, which, considering the attitude of most Englishmen toward the Volstead Act, is unusual indeed. I asked him if his liking for prohibition was not because it made life so much more adventuresome; but he assured me that his feeling was based entirely upon observations of the havoc caused by the drinking of hard liquor in small towns of England and Scotland...