Word: cambric
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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When New Zealander Low came to London after the first World War, he found the art of newspaper cartooning still mired in Victorian politeness, with no more bite to it than a cup of cambric tea. "It was thought scandalous to hold statesmen up to ridicule," said Low, and he proceeded to do just that for the London Evening Star, scandalizing statesmen, his editor and the United Kingdom. "Ah well," he said to early protesters. "I am a nuisance dedicated to sanity...