Word: volstead
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...favor the repeal of the Volstead Act, nor do I favor repeal of the Eighteenth Amendment. I believe the Eighteenth Amendment is here to stay and that citizens and officials would better put in their time considering how they may observe the laws of their country and respect its Constitution rather than to give their efforts to plans whereby the law may be evaded and the Constitution broken down...
...kind of power. Orville Wright personifies Homeric daring. The fifth choice will probably be one who represents per-eminently the elusive spirit of America. There will doubtless be many suggestions, but the choice might well narrow down to the name of Alfred E. Smith and Andrew J. Volstead as the two men who at present wield the most influence on the spirits of the nation...
...believe in meeting the issue squarely and am heartily in favor of faithfully enforcing all our laws, and I am opposed to the repeal of the Eighteenth Amendment or the Volstead...
...they would ask Politics to do for Labor this year. Time was no object at their sessions and during the week only one major demand was decided upon, that being a demand already outlined at the A. F. of L. Convention last autumn in Los Angeles, namely, for a Volstead Act amendment to permit 2.75% beer...
...concocted an oldtime almanack distinctly in harmony with the traditional mood of the season. To his aid have rushed a host of accomplished specialists with important contributions. Marc Connelly, playwright & seer, provides the general forecast for the approaching year; Critic Nathan suggests a breath-taking change in post-Volstead nomenclature; Banker Streeter* supplies a startling opinion of what 1928 will do for Big Business; Florenz Ziegfeld dissertates on his favorite topic; poems flow from many a pen of unquestioned talent; and, to choose from a multitude of other writings what may be most significant, famed "Texas" Guinan sets down...