The period from 1920 to 1933 when the sale of alcoholic beverages was prohibited in the United States by a constitutional amendment.
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1It is our responsibility to uphold the strict prohibition of chemical weapons.
2For sex- workers, however, the prohibition is a threat to their livelihoods.
3She revealed that no discussions to bring back prohibition have taken place.
4Tax Justice South Africa are vocal critics of the prohibition on tobacco.
5These young I men were the greatest argument in favor of prohibition.
1An old prohibition era style cocktail bar awaits and they serve beer out of radiators.
2Even the most pessimistic must admit that long before our prohibition era we had traveled far beyond such practices.
3She put away prohibition era mafia thugs and smashed a Nazi spy ring in World War II -but her story is little known.
4Post- Prohibition era rules ban brewers in 38 states from distributing their own beers to retailers.
5Cocktails, albeit illicit, helped to fuel the Jazz Age which lifted spirits during America's Prohibition Era in the 1920s.
6Prohibition era from 1920-1933 when American tourists flocked to Havana to drink and gamble to their heart's content.
7Faced with a Prohibition Era case about bootleggers transporting alcohol, the court said the police did not need a warrant to search an automobile.
8The period drama series is set in Atlantic City during the Prohibition era, and its lead character is based on historical crime figure Enoch Johnson.
9Just ask Ben Affleck, whose directorial home run (Gone Baby Gone, Argo) was lately interrupted by the Prohibition era mega-flop Live By Night.
10Ciudad Juarez, which boomed in the US Prohibition era and now bulges with factories making goods for export, has pockets of normality during the day.
11On Sundays, patrons are invited to listen to tunes from the past - Prohibition era and otherwise -during BYOV (bring your own vinyl).
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