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drys

advocates of Prohibition in America. [Am. Hist.: Allen, 41]

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But the highlight of the day, organisers reveal, will be "the world-famous Bombino from Niger, bringing the sounds of the Tuareg tribe from the deserts of Africa to the little village of Kato Drys.

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The city centre salon has launched Desk Dry, enabling women to have their hair blowdried at work by qualified stylists - from as early as 7am

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Hard-line drys, such as Shumaker, were becoming more rigid about enforcement and frustrated at the failure of full compliance and prosecution of the law," Lantzer observes.

"Prohibition Is Here to Stay": The Reverend Edward S. Shumaker and the Dry Crusade in America

But the New York experience, of course, was hardly the victory drys had anticipated.

Dry Manhattan: Prohibition in New York City

While Craig Heron treats the drys, opponents of alcohol, with respect, this book is indeed a wet history of drinking in Canada.

Craig Heron, Booze: a Distilled History

If the lads want to play with their wet 'n' drys or the girls with their anglegrinders, it's not unusual.

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It strips skin of its natural oil, and drys it out.

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Mr Fischler and Mr Drys (Greek Agriculture Minister, and sitting Council President) want to see whether the compromise meets certain expectations of the Member States.

CAP REFORM: FISCHLER SAYS NEW COMPROMISE IS FINAL

However, Greek Farm Minister and President of the Council, George Drys, said that they were working for a solution at the next Fisheries Council on June 12.

FISHERIES COUNCIL: FATE OF IRISH BOX STILL IN THE BALANCE

How CASA and its journalistic designated driver, The New York Times, handled the screw up reveals a lot about America's ongoing war between wets and drys.

Teenage wasteland: Prohibition was repealed 70 years ago, but the mind-set he behind it lingers on. (Rant)

These are followed by chapters on Spey and Dee styles, shrimps, tubes, Scandinavian styles, spun deer-hair drys and wets, and a few miscellaneous patterns.

Talleur's Salmon Flies

Other hunting trophies that I take fishing include no-hackle drys with wings clipped from mallard or goose primary feathers.