Word: blacklist
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...gangsterism and individual morality, it passed almost unnoticed on initial release. As a lifelong proponent of the sort of radical politics frowned upon during the witch hunts of the 1940s, Polonsky did not long escape the scrutiny of the House Un-American Activities Committee. Bludgeoned by the Hollywood blacklist, Polonsky did not work under his own name again for almost 20 years. Polonsky, now 59, kept alive by writing TV scripts under pseudonyms and accepting an occasional anonymous movie rewrite. Willie Boy is only the second film he has directed, and he feels that it sums up his own years...
Shakespeare told TIME that he was surprised at the extent of the blacklist, and promised its revision. Armies of the Night, he added, "won the Pulitzer Prize, and it should not be restricted." Nevertheless, the shelves will continue to ban some fiction, especially the overly sexy kind. "We are not a circulation library," says Deputy Director Henry Loomis. "We are in the business of supplying books which portray America in a fair and balanced way. Anyone who objects to this is probably in the wrong line of work...
...York Times reported Monday that 45 scientists-including five from Harvard, nine from Yale, and M.I.T. Nobel Laureate Salvatore E. Luria-have been placed recently on a blacklist for the National Institute of Health (NIH). In addition, 48 scientists have been blacklisted by HEW for several years, the article said...
...Under Secretary John G. Veneman said in Boston yesterday that Finch has sent a memo to HEW departments ordering immediate destruction of any such lists. At the same time, Veneman denied that HEW has any official blacklist policy...
...Mark Ptashne, lecturer in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, called the blacklist "ridiculous" and "out of the Middle Ages," but admitted, "I'd be disappointed if I weren...