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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...aims to belong to the best social clique; at home, he aims to satisfy a moist constituency. For four years, according to his own statement, he has been trying to obtain a ruling on the maximum percentage of alcohol which is allowable under the Volstead Act according to a section which permits the manufacture of "non-intoxicating cider and fruit juices." He declared himself dissatisfied with the answers he received from the Prohibition Enforcement Unit. In September, a year ago, he notified Prohibition officials that he was about to manufacture wine at home. Agents came on the appointed day, looked...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: PROHIBITION: Semi-Soft Cider | 10/6/1924 | See Source »

...Constitution, in that section of it known as the 18th Amendment, forbids the manufacture, sale or transportation of intoxicating liquors in "the United States and all territory subject to the jurisdiction thereof." This includes the Philippines. The Volstead Act, which defines intoxicating liquors and under which alone can violators of the Amendment be persecuted and sent to jail, does not apply to the Philippines. It does not apply to the Philippines because they are not specifically included in the Act; and the law (the "organic law" or Constitution), given by Congress to the Philippines when they were acquired...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: A Nice Point | 10/6/1924 | See Source »

...twenty students who have received the highest grades in the Graduate School of Business Administration are annually elected by the editors of the Harvard Business Review to form the Student Editorial Board. This Board has charge of the student section of the magazine and edits material pertaining to research problems, "case studies", or specific business problems, and book reviews...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: HARVARD BUSINESS REVIEW ELECTS TWENTY HONOR MEN | 10/2/1924 | See Source »

Arrangements have been completed and work was begun yesterday on the installation of a radio receiving set in the Harvard Varsity Club, which occupies the northern section of the Harvard Union. This club is made up of those men who have won their "H". Training table for all the athletic sports is maintained there...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: VARSITY CLUB TO HAVE RADIO | 10/2/1924 | See Source »

...applications, closing October 8, are limited to four tickets, not necessarily for personal use. Princeton game applications, closing October 22, are limited to three tickets for personal use. And Yale game applications, closing November 3, may be for only two tickets for personal use. Men applying for the cheering section for this game may have only one seat...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Harvard Athletic Association Lays Down the Law on Distribution of Tickets for Stadium Football Games | 9/22/1924 | See Source »

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