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Word: phoenixed (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...evident that the liberalization of administrative policy on sexual affairs can only be achieved sub rosa," said the Swarthmore "Phoenix" the other day, and the Swarthmore administration, not exactly in a sub Rosa mood, promptly and loudly suspended publication of "The Phoenix." Unfortunate as such censorship always is, in this case it should precipitate little more than irritation with the administration's antiquated sensitivity. The editorial itself, more inanely than shockingly-suggested that some Swarthmore regulations be adjusted in light of certain enlightening facts set forth in that modern classic, the Kinsey Report. The suggestion, as anyone familiar with...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: A Modest Proposal | 2/20/1948 | See Source »

Editorial comment on Dr. Alfred C. Kinsey's "Sexual Behavior in the Human Male" has proved too strong a potion for Quaker tastes. As a result the 68-year-old Phoenix, Swarthmore College newspaper, has been forced to suspend publication...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Swarthmore Press Silenced For View on Kinsey Report | 2/19/1948 | See Source »

...Arizona Times, started as a daily nine months ago by John and Anna Roosevelt Boettiger, had come a long way. Phoenix' New-Dealing baby, with a circulation of 31,000, was right behind the conservative Gazette, biggest evening paper in the state. But last week the new baby lost one of its parents: John Boettiger resigned as editor and publisher. Mrs. Boettiger took over "full control...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: Boettiger Break-Up | 2/16/1948 | See Source »

Busybody. In Phoenix, Ariz., Francis Joseph Bressi, 23, walked into the sheriff's office, explained that he had married eight women, six of them bigamously, now wanted to be locked up "rather than jeopardize the happiness of more girls...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, Jan. 12, 1948 | 1/12/1948 | See Source »

...MOORE Phoenix, Ariz...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Dec. 29, 1947 | 12/29/1947 | See Source »

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