Word: orwellian
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...government are banned. The only real exemptions are statements by Cabinet ministers, deputy ministers and government spokesmen, as well as accounts of parliamentary and completed judicial proceedings. Even critical comments on security matters by M.P.s speaking outside the halls of Parliament may now be forbidden. In a blatantly Orwellian rule, publications are even prohibited from printing any blank space within a story, lest such a deletion of text or photograph suggest that the article had been censored...
WHAT IS COOLSPEAK? Well, it's basically Orwellian Newspeak with a touch of fashion. In 1984, the function of Newspeak is to reduce the human vocabulary to the point where abstract ideas and emotions could not be verbally conveyed. Although there are probably very, very few people in California who have even heard of 1984, the inhabitants of our West Coast have done a better job of destroying the power of our language than the Ministry of Truth could have dreamed of. Take, for instance, this deep and moving conversation I heard on the shuttle...
...WITH ITS Orwellian name, lofty charge to review the decisions of Harvard's seven-man governing Corporation, and limited authority, the Board of Overseers is regarded widely as a small joke with a big title. The group seldom does anything more substantial than author reports on Harvard's more obscure departments. That's why apathy at first seems. like an appropriate response to the attempts by some administrators to interfere with its up-coming election...
...house arrest system is rife with problems, including the potential for criminals to manipulate the system. It also seems unethical--or at least Orwellian--to use electronic surveillance to keep people penned...
...Navy believed that by firing Lieutenant Geltz, it would solve its problem, making an example of someone who thought for himself and challenged the wisdom of his superiors. There couldn't be a clearer case of the military taking its passion for order to Orwellian extremes. The Navy responded to Geltz's challenge by declaring that the government is always right. If it says that two plus two equals five, let Lieutenant Geltz's dismissal serve as an example to those who object...