Word: prohibitively
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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About Legislator P. Guy Crews's bill to prohibit airplanes from flying over Florida if they have flush toilets [TIME, May 26]. Why do you say "None...
...Tallahassee, paunchy, gag-loving Legislator P. Guy Crews introduced a bill to prohibit airplanes from flying over Florida-if they had flush toilets.* &3182;The American Automobile Association, perturbed by the regularity with which pedestrians were colliding with their member cars, hopefully set out to popularize tail lights for the man in the street. The lights, two-inch plastic reflectors, come in red, orange or yellow, can be worn on the wrist, on a handbag or pinned to clothing-preferably just above the rear bumper...
...Several states prohibit Bible reading in school, others insist that only the Protestant Bible be read. The committee would like to see each student study the version of his own faith...
...House bill as approved by the Labor Committee would outlaw the closed shop but permit the union shop, prohibit certain industry-wide bargaining, provide for court injunctions to block serious strikes, abolish the National Labor Relations Board and the U. S. Conciliation Service and replace them with other bodies...
Spoilsport. In Raleigh, N.C., the state legislature pondered a bill that would prohibit the use of dynamite for entertainment purposes in fun-loving Bertie County...