Word: censorable
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...understand Yiddish, you will soon realize that the Boston censor probably cannot speak a word of it. But even if you don't know a bagel from a kugel, an evening spent at Bagels and Yox will be thoroughly enjoyable...
...despite this , the issue it raises is a serious one: does any group have the right to censor the teaching of others. The answer is that no one should have the right to prevent an individual from teaching what he thinks right. Indeed, the Committee's charges themselves are indicative of the growing attack directed against those in the teaching profession; it represents a profound mistrust and an unjustified fear that academic freedom will harm liberties. The Committee erroneously believe that by taking away some liberties, they are insuring others...
...proposed state commission to censor books and magazines was dealt a sharp setback Thursday when a clerical error was uncovered. The Legislative Commission on State Administration had rejected the measure instead of approving it, as had been reported...
...California, a group of 250,000 loyal citizens have set themselves up as a censor board for political unorthodoxy in movies. This group, Wage Earners of U.S.A. Inc., has drawn up a little list of 95 politically objectionable pictures and is planning to take action against 50 of them. As a kickoff, it is picketing "Death of a Salesman" because the author of the play on which the movie is based was alleged to have been connected with a Communist front at one time...
Immediately Mayor John B. Hines issued orders to clamp down and then issued the Friday command following a conference with state and city police, the Boston Licensing Board, and the city censor...