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Dates: during 1920-1929
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When first introduced, the measure made felonious the sale of beverages containing "wood alcohol or other poisonous substance." Realizing that the U. S. Drys, Consolidated, would soon seek to establish that all alcohol was a "poisonous substance," the Wets quickly changed the bill to specify wood alcohol...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Wet Poison | 4/22/1929 | See Source »

...Lukeman, Edward McCartan, Eli Nadelman, the Piccirilli brothers, Lorado Taft, William Zorach. . . . If the modern U. S. lacks the glory of a sculptural tradition as deeply embedded and fertile as the Classic or Gothic, it does have a number of sincere experimentalists who keep the art from stagnation, who seek the expression of modern contour and character...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: SCULPTURE GALORE | 4/15/1929 | See Source »

...fifth time. Last February he voted for the Five & Ten (Jones) Law as commanded by the Anti-Saloon League. Last week a warrant was out for his arrest on the Florida indictment. Bond was set at $2,000. But for three days Congressman Michaelson played a hide-and-seek game with U. S. Marshals. He spent a lonely Easter and the next day gave himself...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: PROHIBITION: Drinks For Drys | 4/8/1929 | See Source »

Over fifty papers, on topics ranging throughout the entire field of Oriental religion, languages and life, will be presented during the sessions. The presidential address, by Professor Franklin Edgerton of Yale, will treat the subject, "The Upani-shads: what do they seek...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: SCHOLARS OF ORIENT WILL MEET NEXT WEEK | 3/29/1929 | See Source »

...journals," or were all the Crimson editors engaged in writing interviews with Gilda Gray? Perhaps the paper was all full; among the important items of news enjoyed by the Crimson's readers next morning were such sensations as "Pi Eta Announces Plans for Whoops Dearie", and "Gibson Terrace Lodgers Seek Aid in Feud with Crooning Felines...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Explanation | 3/27/1929 | See Source »

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