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"Any evidence to the contrary notwithstanding,national prohibition rapidly acquired an image,not as a law which significantly reduced the use of alcoholic beverages,but rather as a law that was widely flouted… Even given a 60 percent drop in total national alcohol consumption,a considerable amount of imbibing still took place.Yet the image also derived in part from the unusually visible character of those prohibition violations which did occur… Most drinking took place… in urban areas where practically any activity was more likely to be witnessed… The fact that the upper classes were doing much of the imbibing further heightened its visibility."
David E.Kyvig,Repealing National Prohibition,1979
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The excerpt describes the image of national prohibition during a time of significant alcohol consumption, particularly among the upper classes, and widespread violations of the law. This suggests a period of great social and cultural upheaval, rather than repression of freedom of speech or popular support for federal power or condemnation of foreign policy.

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