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Word: prussic (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Federal forces, lately so loudly active in Manhattan. But no one expected what actually happened. The Federals announced that the government could do absolutely nothing. The statement of the Federal Grand Jury read as follows: "Inasmuch as wood alcohol is not a beverage, but a recognized poison (analogous to prussic acid or iodine) and its use and sale are not regulated by any of the Federal laws, we respectfully report that in those particular instances the subject matter is for the consideration of the State authorities rather than the Federal authorities. The State laws regulate the sale of poisons...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: No Beverage | 10/22/1928 | See Source »

...Ostrow, Poland, a Mme. Niklos and her 4-year-old child and a M. Graf were recently poisoned with prussic acid "by a person or persons unknown...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany: Aug. 13, 1928 | 8/13/1928 | See Source »

INTERFERENCE?An immensely affable group of Londoners go into the little matter of a slut who swallows prussic acid (TIME...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Theatre: Best Plays in Manhattan: Feb. 20, 1928 | 2/20/1928 | See Source »

INTERFERENCE-In which an eminently attractive Englishman gives his girl prussic acid (TIME...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Theatre: Best Plays in Manhattan: Feb. 13, 1928 | 2/13/1928 | See Source »

INTERFERENCE?English actors agreeably cool and collected as a girl takes prussic acid...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Theatre: Best Plays in Manhattan: Dec. 19, 1927 | 12/19/1927 | See Source »

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