Word: censor
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...press set-up also reflects the Old Nixon. The idea that a central press man will control all executive press matters mirrors the old Christian Herter operation under Eisenhower. Klein's performance at the first Cabinet press conferences confirmed the worst fears. Time and again Klein interrupted to censor questions and prevented the appointees from making any statements about their plans or policies. Nixon spent most of his campaign trying to avoid any definite stands on issues, and he has continued that policy through the period when he waits for power. Prospects look bleak for the "Open Presidency" he promised...
Other producers have reached the same conclusion. Killings continue, but when possible they take place with a "less violent" weapon. In one episode of NBC's The Outsider, the script called for the hero to be threatened with a shotgun; the censor suggested a meat cleaver be substituted, apparently figuring quieter weapons are less violent...
...promising to "demand justice" in the event of "any further interference with freedom of expression." Even under the system of self-censorship imposed on publications by the Soviets, it is surprising that so much irreverence got through. But the Reporter employed a rather special system for choosing its own censor, whose name happens to be Vladimir. As a fellow staffer explained the selection: "Well, at the meeting we held to discuss the matter, just at the moment when we were ready to make the decision, poor Vladimir had to go to the men's room. So while...
Censorship is so repugnant to most moviemakers they would rather have Mondo Freudo shown in a kindergarten than let a censor bowdlerize Ulysses. On the other hand, many parents would sooner burn a theater than let their children watch the crudity visible in all too many "adult films...
...band's shows at football games are among the few Harvard institutions with a censor--Sports Information Director Baaron B. Pittenger. So far this year, band members agree, Pittenger has turned a benevolent eye toward halftime high-jinks...