Word: censor
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...that some recent movies have shown "an appalling lack of taste and judgment and no sense of responsibility at all." The Governor's wife concluded: "I don't think anyone wants censorship. But I'm afraid that if the picture business doesn't start to censor itself as it used to, that's exactly what will happen...
...council, after tabling a motion to impeach Meiswinkle, voted to censor him for his part in the demonstration...
...been the fourth worst team on the doubleheader field, today it is only the second worst team in stadium. It's already proven it's the second best team in Rhode Island by losing its opening game. Maybe someday the home team will let the Brown band come and censor the football team from appearing. Bruin fans can always hope, but not today. Yale...
FREEDOM OF THE PRESS. The Government's power to censor the press was abolished so that the press would remain forever free to censure the Government. The press was protected so that it could bare the secrets of Government and inform the people...
Last June the Holy See unveiled its own new look in guards: a nononsense, black-robed nun named Sister Fiorella. The stern, fortyish sister was installed as Chief Censor on the steps of the Basilica on the theory that a nun might be fairly safe from assault by irate tourists. Before long, the question was: Was anyone safe from Sister Fiorella? Newspapers nicknamed her "The Terrible Nun," and she did her best to live up to the sobriquet. She turned away as many as 35 women a minute during peak periods (up to 2,000 a day), usually with...