dry law

The government imposed a dry law until after the elections.

The same "dry law" applies to the days before presidential elections every six years.

At the end of the 1920-s the Finnish government proclaimed dry law which lasted 12 years.

In these rather dry laws we can see the prevalence of the public domain over the private, which characterized the republic.

The Dry Law and various prohibitions that were applied in some countries did not produce positive results.

He estimated that eighty percent of congressmen and senators drank, even though these same people were the ones passing dry laws.

In 1935, the town passed a dry law prohibiting the sale of alcoholic beverages, which is still in effect today.

However, the issue with which she most identified was Prohibition, and throughout her legislative career, she defended Washington's "bone dry law."

Additionally, she worried that America's children, witnessing a blatant disregard for dry laws, would cease to recognize the sanctity of the law itself.

During 1985-1987 Mikhail Gorbachev carried out an anti-alcohol campaign with partial prohibition, colloquially known as the "dry law".

In the Russian Empire, a limited version of a Dry Law was introduced in 1914.

Minister Tui agitates for dry law using extremely hypocritical methods (indications to the temperance movement).

As many were unaccustomed to the dry laws that were prevalent in Tennessee at the time, they were forced to turn to illegally distilled liquor.

The practice of illegally distilling liquor largely declined with the demise of dry laws in various counties around East Tennessee.

Woolf was a big supporter and advocate of prohibition and helped keep the dry laws on the books in Cardston County.

The group - 15 actors, members of an informal drinking association called the "Jolly Corks" - was formed to circumvent the state's Sunday dry laws.

The series also parodies the violent atmosphere of Chicago during the Dry Law, as well as the old American films, their heroes and villains.

The Texas wine industry still feels the effects of Prohibition today with a quarter of Texas' 254 counties still having dry laws on the books.

The Wright Bone Dry Law was passed by the General Assembly to increase penalties and jail time for prohibition violators.

They decree strict controls on guns and dry laws to stop drinking late at night, and counsel prostitutes, juvenile delinquents and husbands who abuse their wives.

There were protests over the weekend on Margarita Island, where revelers and liquor store owners painted car windshields with the words No to the Dry Law.

ABSTRACT: Congressman Rainey charges plot to modify Dry Law.

Dry laws were but one aspect of a pervasive prohibitionism that included laws against business or recreation on Sunday as well as attacks on Catholics and immigrants.

But the pittance they would pay him meantime might be no better than what the Professor offered, and at least the occupation of reading would be more satisfactory than dry law.

The Bureau of Prohibition, created to enforce the dry laws enacted under the 18th Amendment, had been plagued by corruption, its agents often tempted by bribes from gangsters.