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    Rum-running, or bootlegging, is the illegal business of smuggling alcoholic beverages where such transportation is forbidden by law. The term rum-running...
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    Liquor List of rum brands List of rum producers Mamajuana Rhum agricole Rum cake Rum cocktails Rum row Rum-running Tafia "Leading rum brands worldwide...
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    that point forward, the City of Windsor, Ontario was a major site for Rum-running—alcohol smuggling—and gang activity. The Canadian federal government...
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    Lythgoe (March 1, 1888 - June 24, 1974) was one of the most prominent female rum-runners, or bootleggers, in the 1920s. She had various jobs before working...
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    A rum row was a Prohibition-era term (1920–1933) referring to a line of ships loaded with liquor anchored beyond the maritime limit of the United States...
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    As to where speakeasies obtained alcohol, there were rum runners and bootleggers. Rum running, in this case, was the organized smuggling of liquor by...
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    the notable number of men from the community of Riverport involved in rum-running it is likely. A century later, Covey Island Boatworks utilized their...
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    the United States alcohol prohibition era, these boats were used in "rum-running", transferring illegal liquor from larger vessels waiting outside US...
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    McCoy (August 17, 1877 – December 30, 1948), was an American sea captain and rum-runner during the Prohibition in the United States. In pursuing the trade...
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    Olean (/ˈoʊliæn/ OH-lee-ann) is a city in Cattaraugus County, New York, United States. Olean is the largest city in Cattaraugus County and serves as its...
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    Red Rum (3 May 1965 – 18 October 1995) was an Irish champion Thoroughbred steeplechaser. He achieved an unmatched historic treble when he won the Grand...
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    proved difficult, particularly in cities. Alcohol smuggling (known as rum-running or bootlegging) and illicit bars (speakeasies) became popular in many...
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    perpetrators, vandalism can lead to criminal charges, fines, or even jail time. Rum-running, the illegal business of smuggling alcoholic beverages where such transportation...
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  • People smuggling rings Antiquities trade operations Trafficking rings Rum-running rackets (or alcohol smuggling), caffeinated alcoholic drink operations...
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    The Rum Rebellion of 1808 was a coup d'état in the British penal colony of New South Wales, staged by the New South Wales Corps in order to depose Governor...
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    Delirium tremens (redirect from Rum fits)
    Occasionally, a very high body temperature or seizures (colloquially known as "rum fits") may result in death. Delirium tremens typically occurs only in people...
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  • Rum Punch is a 1992 novel written by Elmore Leonard. The novel was adapted into the film Jackie Brown (1997) by director Quentin Tarantino. The characters...
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  • At least 14 criminal organizations Criminal activities Racketeering, rum-running, extortion, bribery, drug trafficking, gambling, prostitution, robbery...
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    border with Canada, was notoriously difficult to control, especially rum-running in Windsor, Canada. When the U.S. government complained to the British...
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    The rum ration (also called the tot) was a daily amount of rum given to sailors on Royal Navy ships. It was abolished in 1970 after concerns that the intake...
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    After several years, prohibition failed in North America and elsewhere. Rum-running or bootlegging became widespread, and organized crime took control of...
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    Moonshine Bathtub gin Prison alcohol Pájaro verde Pruno Public intoxication Rum-running Sly-grog shop Wine fraud Alcoholism Alcohol and Native Americans Alcoholism...
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    Rùm (Scottish Gaelic pronunciation: [rˠuːm]), a Scottish Gaelic name often anglicised to Rum (/rʌm/ rum), is one of the Small Isles of the Inner Hebrides...
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  • II was a former rum-running vessel turned military vessel from Meteghan, Nova Scotia. Built in 1931, the ship was used for rum running for five years until...
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  • pg. 67 Gervais, C.H, The Rum Runners: A Prohibition Scrapbook. 1980. Thornhill: Firefly Books. Pg 9 Phillip. Rum Running and the Roaring Twenties. 1995...
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    policeman who had opted for a substantially more lucrative career in the rum-running business, Prohibition having recently come into law. Clarke and Olmstead...
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    number of EU countries but banned in the U.S. if aged less than 60 days. Rum-running, or bootlegging, is the illegal business of transporting (smuggling)...
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    Moonshine Bathtub gin Prison alcohol Pájaro verde Pruno Public intoxication Rum-running Sly-grog shop Wine fraud Alcoholism Alcohol and Native Americans Alcoholism...
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    Kitchen's Irish crime bosses Dwyer and Madden. He became involved in their rum-running operations, known as "The Combine"; this might have prompted him to change...
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    Moonshine Bathtub gin Prison alcohol Pájaro verde Pruno Public intoxication Rum-running Sly-grog shop Wine fraud Alcoholism Alcohol and Native Americans Alcoholism...
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