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Prohibition Agents
Prohibition is the act or practice of forbidding something by law; more particularly the term refers to the banning of the manufacturing, manufacture, storage (whether in barrels or in bottles), transportation, sale, possession, and consumption of alcoholic beverages. The word is also used to refer to a period of time during which such bans are enforced. History Some kind of limitation on the trade in alcohol can be seen in the Code of Hammurabi (c. 1772 BCE) specifically banning the selling of beer for money. It could only be bartered for barley: "If a beer seller do not receive barley as the price for beer, but if she receive money or make the beer a measure smaller than the barley measure received, they shall throw her into the water." In the early twentieth century, much of the impetus for the prohibition movement in the Nordic countries and North America came from moralistic convictions of pietistic Protestants. Prohibition movements in the West coincided with the advent ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Raid At Elk Lake
Raid, RAID or Raids may refer to: Attack * Raid (military), a sudden attack behind the enemy's lines without the intention of holding ground * Corporate raid, a type of hostile takeover in business * Panty raid, a prankish raid by male college students on the living quarters of female students to steal panties as trophies * Police raid, a police action involving the entering of a house with the intent to capture personnel or evidence, often taking place early in the morning *Union raid, when an outsider trade union takes over the membership of an existing union Arts, entertainment, and media Films * Raid (1947 film), ''Raid'' (1947 film), an East German film * Raid (2003 film), ''Raid'' (2003 film), a 2003 Finnish film * Raid (2018 film), ''Raid'' (2018 film), an Indian period crime thriller Gaming * Raid (gaming), a type of mission in a video game where a large number of people combine forces to defeat a powerful enemy * Raid (video game), ''Raid'' (video game), a Nintendo Ente ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
