Word: censorable
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...blossomed into the most assertive First Lady in U.S. history. She began writing a daily newspaper column, "My Day," which was carried by as many as 90 newspapers. She was far more New Dealish than F.D.R. ever thought of being. But he knew better than to try to censor her. Once, when she asked his advice about a column, he replied: "Lady, this is a free country.'' Her own attitude about her varied activities was that ''I always felt that if Franklin's re-election depended upon such little things that I or any member...
...TIME, July 20). For one thing, a new Minister of Information. Manuel Fraga Iribarne, was making things a bit easier for Spanish newspaper editors. Over the years, they have been accustomed to tight censorship of each edition; Madrid and Barcelona papers still are required to send proofs to the censor for approval, but they report that now there is less tinkering with the stories. Fraga claims he no longer sends out consignas, orders requiring the printing of specific articles. Liberalism is also being pushed in the economic field; the Minister of Industry is cutting away at the red tape that...
...brothelkeeper purrs. "Twenty years," Le Dab snorts, and demands half the loot. Slyly the three little pigs pretend to give in, but secretly they plan to eat high on the wolf before the deal is done. Or will the wolf make a meal of singed pork? Or will the censor insist on cooked goose...
Watson has also found the time to follow up his second avocation--the Bit of Power. In 1955, and for six years thereafter, he was Censor of Christ Church, a post which he describes as "lay head of the college," and one which gave him a voice in determining Oxford's admissions policy...
...York's Board of Regents tried to censor the four-letter word as obscene. Not so, ruled the Appellate Division of the New York State Supreme Court last week. The term is what the junkies use when they mean snow, and that makes it realism, as distinct from obscenity...