Word: censor
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Nevertheless, some people respond, it is much easier to combat child labor problems than it is to fight sexism in advertising. The only real way to end such portrayals is to censor the advertisers, which, in the opinion of some, violates free speech, and, in the opinion of others, is too dangerous because of its potential for abuse...
Occasionally Larson's editors censor his wit, deleting scatological references or asking him to soften a caption. If Larson is bothered by this, he also realizes that his warped humor is not typical funny-page fare. In fact, he seems nonplussed that something as bizarre as The Far Side could be so popular or that he could be handsomely paid for letting his imagination race wild. "Maybe it's my blue-collar background, but work meant to me that you come home covered with sweat," he says. "Now I just have to brush away the eraser shavings." Larson may dirty...
...that [a] widow would only offer materials to the biographer of her husband on condition that she review the manuscript in advance to insure that her husband was "treated with proper respect?" Or suppose that the widow offered her papers only with the promise that she have power to censor the book to insure the accuracy not merely of her own statements but of everything written about her husband. In both cases, the standards are so broad and vague as to carry an unacceptable risk of interfering with the views or interpretations of the author...
...about the feasibility and desirability of SDI. Now a panel of the nation's most distinguished scientists have spent 18 months investigating the program. Their report promises to be the most thorough and impartial assessment of SDI to date. But the Reagan Administration, for some odd reason, wants to censor some of their report...
...might contain. There is nothing wrong with keeping secrets secret. But in this case the reasons for secrecy seem more related to politics than to security. The Administration has already classified a report on SDI by the General Accounting Office, the investigative arm of Congress. Now SDIO wants to censor the panel's findings and panel members have said they would be unwilling to publish the document without the sections in question...