Word: forbidden
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...their haste to finish stories, reporters and rewritemen often reach for a cliche instead of a fresh phrase. To stop this practice, City Editor James H. Richardson of Hearst's Los Angeles Examiner (circ. 324,468) last week printed a special list of 85 "Forbidden Words" for his staff. Among the banned words and phrases: dragnet, aired, bared (for revealed), legal bombshell, probe (for investigate), sweeping investigations, innocent bystander, fair sex, goodies, kiddies, smoking weapon, dropped dead, ill-gotten gains, minced no words, nuptial knot, socialite, tongue-lashing, whirlwind courtship...
...Faculty of Arts and Sciences yesterday added firecrackers and explosives to the list of articles students are forbidden to keep in their rooms. Dean Delmar Leighton '17 refused to say last night whether the rule change came as a result of an accident following the Freshman Smoker March 9 involving firecrackers...
...drastic step to equalize the Houses before the Class of 1957 moves down to the river, the committee of Housemasters has forbidden dining room fraternizing in Leverett House...
...pair has divided, some du cote de Mlle. Julie, the others devoted to Mlle. Cara-all innocently, giddily suspended in the nameless tension of the emotional contest. As it fills every room and scene with the breath of girls in the bud, with an air of girlish whispers, forbidden perfume and muffled laughter. Pit of Loneliness falls nothing short of magic...
When British motor club members drive their Stanley Steamers over the seventy mile route, the pace is slow and racing is forbidden. Genevieve puts some extra pressure into the yearly pageantry with an indiscreet race between two old rivals whose jealousies extend from women to automobiles. Breakdowns, sly tricks, and unlikely delays plague the contestants and usually amuse the audience. The humor of racing in cars of 1910 vintage has an almost amazing durability, at least for about three-fourths of the journey...