Word: censor
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...suppressed issue was called "The Parisian Number"; on its mottled cover a young woman, silhouetted in white-space, stepped into the profile of a bathtub over the caption "Cut Out by the Censor"; on its first page appeared a joke that was characteristic of the issue?a joke printed in French, and making a play of the words "habits" (clothes) and "explorer" (to go through). "Translation on page 31," said the editors. "Ha! this matter must be salacious," cried the vulgar reader: ". . . habits de mon mari. J'ai I'habitude de les explorer tous les soirs." Though ignorant of French...
...even have trouble in putting on Galsworthy. The other source of apathy, that of the official is caused by a most amiable man called the Lord Chamberlain. Officially he is a danger to the State." Mr. Dean went on to explain that the Lord Chamberlain was the official censor, and proved even less capable of judging plays than his prototype here in America...
...days preceding the election." The Giornale d'ltalia said that the resignation was a protest against the Fascist régime and showed the depths to which political methods in Italy had fallen. For thus airing their opinions the first editions of the day were suppressed by the censor...
...ivory and gold" for the exclusive use of the late King Edward. The monarch requested that they be installed in such a way that the operators could not overhear his conversation. The Post Office authorities demurred. According to their regulations they had a positive right and duty to censor any messages coming over their wires. But King Edward insisted and the Post Office desisted, installed the telephones as requested...
...mere newcomer to the ranks of TIME readers. I feel it my duty to mount the rostrum of Free Speech, to defend TIME, once more to proclaim the independence of the Press-its inalienable right to be frank with its readers and itself. Truth is the only legitimate censor of the Public Press. Errors (not lies) find their way into the printed page as they do in the spoken word. In speech, they are excused as "slips of the tongue"; in print, they are inexcused and hastily defamed as "libel." Why the two standards? TIME is to be patted upon...