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Word: censorship (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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There were those who both criticized the series and the protests, saying that it was wrong to encourage censorship and it was futile anyway since the show...

Author: By Martha A. Bridegam, | Title: Back in the U.S.S.A. | 2/23/1987 | See Source »

This argument ranks with the typical argument against censorship. Once one bans sadomasochistic homosexual child pornography, it is said, it won't be long before you're banning Plato...

Author: By Craig S. Lener, | Title: AGAINST THE TIDE: | 2/18/1987 | See Source »

...group will sponsor a series of speeches centered on such issues as drug testing, censorship, and gay rights, said Nadeau, adding that he will hold an organizational meeting on February...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: ACLU Associate Starts Work | 2/17/1987 | See Source »

...heard references to a broad range of new economic initiatives, including previously forbidden ideas such as competition, market pricing and profit. An important figure in the Soviet establishment characterized the old system of censorship as irrational and outmoded. Perhaps the most vivid example of change was the chance we had to talk with Andrei Sakharov, a meeting that, as % he noted, only two months before could not have taken place. He and his wife were gracious hosts -- he braving the cold and the gaggle of waiting reporters and photographers to greet us outside their apartment building, she serving...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Something Is Happening Here | 2/16/1987 | See Source »

Caught in a crossfire of deceit, red tape, censorship and logistics, truth is usually an early casualty in any war. Guerrilla conflicts are especially difficult to cover, since there are no front lines and battles are usually fleeting. Nonetheless, the secrecy surrounding the contras is both excessive and ill conceived. After all, the Reagan Administration has made the rebel effort a centerpiece of its foreign policy. Congress, which approved $100 million in military aid last summer, is likely to debate the issue of further help later this month. Without extensive and independent reporting about whether the contras are making progress...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Press: The War That No One Can Cover | 2/16/1987 | See Source »

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