Word: proofing
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...largest of the illegal stills has been in operation all fall. The students who own it have produced rum and applejack 150 proof, according to reports...
...program has been crippled by the mid-season drafting of fullback Vit Piscuskas, the man who sparked the Yale win. So the Bruins have had to rely on the good passing of quarter back Carl Leone and the outside running of sophomore Ken Kessaris, an exception al halfback prospect. Proof of Leone aerial efficacy are the statistics of last week's Rutgers game, which Brown lost 28 to 21: 13 out of 21 passes, for 19 yards...
...Black Rod thereupon knocks thrice upon the door with his wand of office, and is then admitted, bowing to the Speaker and members on both sides as he approaches the Bar. M.P.s dearly love to show off the worn spots on the door where Black Rod has rapped, as proof of Parliament's treasured independence from the Crown...
...price change comes from the Revenue Act of 1951 passed by Congress two weeks ago. The bill places a general tax on liquor of $1.50 per proof gallon, or about 33 cents a bottle...
...their bills impowered the Attorney General to investigate any group suspected of being subversive, and if he should gain any proof, to bring it before the courts. "Subversive" was defined as anyone who aids or teaches violent overthrow of the government. The other bill instructed college presidents and school principals to expel all communists or communist sympathizers from their teaching staffs on pain of losing their charters. McCarthy and Tom Dorgan were too late; they had to file their bills anew at the next session...