Word: repeals
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...editorial on beer does not do much to clarify the situation, either. You say: "Why this (the 21-year age limit) was never extended to a beverage admittedly non-intoxicating must remain ever locked in the Broasts of the Massachusetts Legislature." The point is that since the coming of Repeal, 3.2 beer has c to exist. The beer contemplated by the present legislation is full strength beer running up to 12 per cent, and it is admittedly intoxicating...
...that the shouting and the yelling has subsided, the rosy mists which surrounded Repeal are drifting away revealing the highly unpleasant fact that liquor prices are exorbitantly high and in some cases prohibitive. Despite the unctuous announcement of the distillers that they would have an abundance of whiskey on the market at $1.50 a quart, the cheapest blended whiskey obtainable costs $2.75 and the uncut variety runs from $5.00 to $8.00. Even more outrageous than the prices of hard liquors are those charged for wine. Domestic wines sell for about $1.50 a quart, while the imported product is considered cheap...
When asked about repeal, the seductive star became wildly enthusiastic. "I think it's marvellous, wonderful, and what a time I had last night, even though they did throw my escort and me out of Cocoanut Grove. And I met one of your Harvard football players. Was he cute!--must have weighed 300 pounds, and real handsome. He said his name was Larry, and I sure would like to meet him again." Gypsy Lee said she liked her coffee black and her whiskey straight. Her favorite drink is a "Stinger." "It's the best drink in the world when...
...difficulties incidental to the coming of Repeal seem to be working themselves out with the expected amount of trouble, shilly-shally, and inconvenience, so far as the nation is concerned; the situation of the College in regard to the liquorous flow, however, is marked not by confusion on the part of the authorities, but by a glassy silence. The problems which had inevitably to arise on consideration of the Dining Halls to Repeal were precipitated last night, when several students took wine into their Hall. Obviously, if this practice of bringing liquor into meals without the sanction of University officials...
...within the reach of everyone, and in order to settle the hash of the bootlegger for good, the government must see to it that taxes are reasonable and that prices are maintained at a fair level in the future. It is does not do this, it will be making Repeal the same sort of empty word that Prohibition was, and will have encouraged and fattened its parlour pet, the criminal...