Word: wet
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Colleges are no worse than the rest of the country as regards wetness," said Pussyfoot, "Colleges are apt to have a reputation for being wet because the shortcomings of a few students get into the papers as typical of all students. If two or three college fellows get drunk and cause a fuss, the story can promptly be found in all the newspapers, but no mention is made of the 10,000 or 20,000 students who ostensibly do not drink. The whole country read the other day of the fraternity in a middle-western university that was found...
...ticket man, by President Coolidge's renomination, but the Ohio G. O. P. in general would benefit. The Ohio law requires that Ohio delegates to the national party conventions shall go instructed. A muddle might ensue should Ohio have to decide between its two sons, Speaker Nicholas Longworth (Wet) and Senator Frank B. Willis (Dry). *Last week, Dr Henry van Dyke, retired patriarch of Princeton University's department of English, and a twinkle-eyed Democrat, wrote to the New York Times: ". . . But why put it in the negative ? The positive is shorter, clearer and better...
...American Magazine for November reported the discovery, through geography and statistics, of "the average American citizen." The man was one Roy Lewis Gray, clothing merchant, of Fort Madison, Iowa, native born, aged 43, not tall, not short, not fat, not thin, not bald, not dark, not light, not Wet, not a Dry, with a wife, son, daughter, pipe, radio, three-year-old automobile. Average Mr. Gray visited Chicago last week. There he bought a picture postcard of his hotel, marked his window with a "X," mailed the card home. He wanted to see the Chicago park system, stock yards, municipal...
Last week Mayor Smith & henchmen held a rally. Stated Mayor Smith: "I am Wet and do not believe any sane or sensible person believes the Prohibition Law can be enforced in great cities like Detroit, Chicago and New York. . . . The whole thing is the rankest sort of a joke. . . . The rottenest hypocrisy...
...Dorothy Cochrane Logan, (Nom de mer Mona McLennan) in bettering Gertrude Ederle's time. To Dr. Logan was paid the $5,000 prize offered by Lord Riddell of the News of the World to any British girl who beat the record. She had grooved the dark wet miles in 13 hours, 10 minutes; 81 minutes faster than Miss Ederle...