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...this not an ironic comment on Prohibition? If the Secretary of State is allowed to sip, however sparingly, may we not expect a reasonable immunity from the law if we also sip? Should not Congress issue a list of those who may sip and those who will be arrested if they are caught sipping? Then you would not be troubled with letters from curious people like myself...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Feb. 4, 1929 | 2/4/1929 | See Source »

...founder of Britannia [sip], I said what I thought, without fear or favor. Evidently I am against lots of people [sip], for I believe in everything British! That was what Britannia stood for while I held her helm...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: Agin, Agin, Agin | 12/24/1928 | See Source »

...Elect Jose Maria Moncada, "Liberal" leader whose election was overseen by U. S. Marines. All three boarded the Maryland to break bread and discuss common desires. At a shore reception, Mr. Hoover had been handed a glass of champagne which he politely touched to his lips but did not sip. He now toasted Nicaragua in water and observed: "This occasion . . . represents a growing and united Nicaraguan people; a consolidation of forces for domestic peace. ... I know it is the will of the American people that we should cooperate...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Fifteenth Crossing | 12/10/1928 | See Source »

Clearing his throat, taking a sip of water, and folding up his prepared speech, Alanson Bigelow Houghton sat down without mentioning the issue raised by Lord Lee of Fareham. But Manhattan dailies, and many another throughout the U. S., carried editorials approving Lord Lee's suggestion for a two-Power two-man conference...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: Two Powers: Two Men | 12/3/1928 | See Source »

Temperance is founded [sip] upon people being sensibly self-controlled [sip...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: Sip | 10/1/1928 | See Source »

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