Word: wet
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Cabinet should publicly declare themselves teetotalers. Senator Borah thundered his denunciation of wealthy "whites" who defy the law. And on the other said Congressman Hill of Maryland has declared insolently that "if the Drys throw me out of Congress (for alleged deliberate defiance), they will make me the first wet President of the United States...
...practically certain of election. Congressman Dale, although reflected to the next Congress, resigned his seat to contest for the place in the Senate. He made one of the main issues of his campaign for nomination unqualified opposition to any modification of the Volstead Act. Pollard is classed as a Wet and it is thought likely that there will be some breakage of party lines in the vote on the prohibition issue. Any advantage that Pollard has by being related to Calvin Coolidge, Vermont's leading son, will be more or less balanced by the fact that Dale...
...some very small talk about ejecting him from Congress on the grounds that he has deliberately violated the Volstead Act. Congressman Hill picked up this small talk and hurled it home with the following remark: "If the Drys throw me out of Congress, they will make me the first Wet President of the United States...
...wet weather yesterday drove Coach Fisher and his men into the cage until very late in the afternoon when a brief snappy signal drill was held on the outfield of the baseball diamond. Today teams A and B will only go through kicking practice and a short signal work-out in order to be all primed to face Holy Cross tomorrow before the largest crowd that ever packed the Stadium for an October game...
...seem likely to turn the tables. It was only Buell's toe which saved the University in 1920 and 1921, and many will remember last year's game with the sensational punting duel between Gherke and the veteran Simendinger. The first half ended 0 to 0, then on a wet, slippery field in the second half the visitors made two mistakes and the Harvard backfield began to function until they finaly won by a comfortable margin...