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Thursday, May 25, 2006

Restrictions -- Jun. 25, 1923

TIME Magazine Archive Article -- Restrictions -- Jun. 25, 1923: "Premier Benito Mussolini is not a prohibitionist. But he thinks that there exist in Italy ' alcoholic abuses,' and he is determined to lessen the
number of wine shops. Accordingly, he has ordered the enforcement of
an old law of licenses which allows only one for every 2,000 people. Wine growers are planning a protest."