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