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- proper noun history any of several periods during which the
manufacture ,transportation ,import ,export , andsale ofalcoholic beverages were restricted or illegal
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Examples
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Prohibition is as much as a disastrous, bloody failure for marijuana as it was for alcohol, and at least alcohol prohibition was constitutionally authorized.
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Just as we saw in Prohibition or in the War on Drugs, if you make something people want illegal, you don't stop them from getting it.
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In the show, set in Prohibition era Atlantic City, there's sex, corruption and extreme violence.
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Prohibition is widely recognized in the historical literature as a “Progressive reform” David Bernstein (Quote)
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Now, with "Boardwalk Empire," the HBO series set in Prohibition-era Atlantic City, the resort is ready for its close-up.
Atlantic City Banks On `Boardwalk Empire' To Bring Tourists AP 2010
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It was called Prohibition and it was a disastrous failure.
Tim Giago: Alcohol Is a Red Flag That Has Been Waving Too Long Tim Giago 2012
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Prohibition is an abdication of policy making, leaving an otherwise popular commodity to the problems and vagaries of contraband markets.
On the Legalization — or Not — of Marijuana - Freakonomics Blog - NYTimes.com 2007
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Prohibition is not a policy answer — it is an abdication of effective policy.
On the Legalization — or Not — of Marijuana - Freakonomics Blog - NYTimes.com 2007
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Prohibition is an abdication of policy making, leaving an otherwise popular commodity to the problems and vagaries of contraband markets.
On the Legalization — or Not — of Marijuana - Freakonomics Blog - NYTimes.com 2007
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"Prohibition is an extraordinary remedy to be granted only if action taken or to be undertaken is clearly without jurisdiction or in excess of jurisdiction" (Matter of Mountain, 89 AD2d 632, 633).
Employment Law 2007
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