Word: censor
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Dershowitz said he was outraged at what he called MLDEF’s attempt to censor his right to free speech...
...Dershowitz said the debate essentially concerns the First Amendment. “It’s a dispute between those who would censor and those who would exercise free speech,” he said...
...Welcome, latecomers, to the world of Hong Kong?s Category III movies. In 1990 the local censor board established this rating for films that could be seen only by those 18 and older. Cat III films came in two main flavors. One was the luridly violent melodrama: ?The Untold Story,? for example, with Anthony Wong as a restaurateur who kills people and serves them up dumpling-style. The other was period fantasy with lots of simulated sex. In epics such as ?Erotic Ghost Story? and ?Liu Jai: Home for the Intimate Ghosts,? horny demons and succubi preyed on innocent maidens...
Ever since my high school assistant principal whipped out her red censor pen and removed anything the least bit offensive from our yearbook, I’ve not been surprised when reactionary academic administrators, even in the face of legitimate legal objections, unapologetically censor and control the student press. During my stint writing editorials for the Los Angeles Times, I discovered how widespread the problem is and how important it is for the courts to stand up for the student press...
Unlike most investment banking hopefuls, who can recite their “five-year plans” as readily as their Harvard ID numbers, Krinsky refuses to censor herself or her column for the sake of some distant and as yet unknown job opportunity. “The column’s on my résumé,” Krinsky says, “I’m not embarrassed...