Word: censorships
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Delivering himself of a few observations on the state of the world, globetrotting Publisher Robert R. ("Bertie") McCormick told the Overseas Press Club in Manhattan that 1) Egypt's favorite drink is called a Suffering Bastard; 2) the only press censorship is in Egypt, and Egypt's high-living King Farouk "needs it"; 3) the family affairs of Rita Hayworth and Ingrid Bergman have caused very little comment, "but as far as I went I couldn't get away from [Tennis Player] Gussie Moron's panties...
...diplomat had stated a truth about Russia which many Western observers have failed to grasp: the Kremlin cares deeply about the morale of the Russian people. Thanks to censorship and secret police, Stalin does not have to worry about "public opinion" in the Western political sense. But morale matters, because it has an effect on how hard the people work, how ready they are to fight, how willingly they submit to the rule of Russia's dictatorship...
Faye is prepared to talk about anything on TV "as long as it's not too heavy," and she has imposed only a slight self-censorship: "The things I don't touch are people's personal lives. And I never rap people or anything, because I don't think I'm in a position...
...censorship underlined the drastic tightening a fortnight ago in AEC's security regulations. AEC has instructed all scientists and employees connected with atomic projects not to give out any information or discuss technical aspects of the hydrogen bomb even though the material is already in print. In view of this, it looked as if the press might find AEC's blue pencil busier in the future...
...Godfrey's remarks . . . were the most obnoxious and filthy ever inflicted on a television audience . . . Unless [his] remarks and gestures conform to decency in the future, the Journal Co. will refuse to carry him further." Variety headlined, CBS OUT ON A GODFREY LIMB, and warned that industry-wide censorship might result. Urging Godfrey to "pipe down a little," New York Herald Tribune Columnist John Crosby wrote: "I hate to align myself with the forces of prudery, but I can't quite see myself coming out four-square for scatology...