Kathleen Yancey . Article "Prohibition." Published in the New York Times in 1998. No page Number given. : The twenties were the years when drinking was against the law, and the law was a bad joke because everyone knew of a local bar where liquor could be had. They were the years when organized crime ruled the cities, and the police seemed powerless to do anything against it. Classical music was forgotten while jazz spread throughout the land, and the men like Six Beiderbecke, Louis Armstrong , and Count Basie became the heroes of the young. The flapper was born in the twenties, and with her bobbed hair and short shirts, she symbolized, perhaps more than anyone or anything else, America's break with the pass. A. Paraphrase of this passage.