Other women from the entertainment world making it to the Most Powerful Women list this year are Angelina Jolie (No. 54), Ellen Degeneres (No. 50), Sofia Vergara (No. 52), Beyonce (No. 21), and China's prominent actress Yao Chen (No. 82).
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Prohibition is the act of prohibiting the manufacturing, storage in barrels, bottles, transportation and sale of alcohol including alcoholic beverages. The term can also apply to periods in the histories of countries during which the prohibition of alcohol was enforced.nder its terms, states were allowed to set their own laws for the control of alcohol. Following repeal, public interest in an organized prohibition movement dwindled. However, it survived for a while in a few southern and border states.