Word: prohibitively
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...women, ∙ ∙ John Steinbeck's Mexican documentary film, The Forgotten Village, was banned as "indecent" by New York's State Board of Censors. It contains childbirth sequences. ∙ ∙ Mae Murray, suing Billy Ros& for $150,000 for invasion of privacy, lost a plea to prohibit Georges Fontana and Mitzi Haynes from doing the Merry Widow Waltz at Rose's Manhattan nightclub. Her version of it with John Gilbert re-popularized the dance 16 years...
Whenever in the judgment of the President such action is necessary or proper . . . he may . . . regulate or prohibit, with respect to any commodity . . . selling, marketing, or inventory practices . . . which in his judgment are equivalent to or are likely to result in price increases inconsistent with the purposes of this...
Squelched last week by Secretaries Stimson and Knox were church-backed bills to prohibit liquor sales near Army and Navy centers...
...deadline, Editor Doster remade his paper, slapped together a rough-house satire on censorship in general. Private Buford Carter, one of the News's self-trained staff artists, drew a lush nude, crossed out her mouth, breasts, belly and calves, and captioned it: SORRY, GANG- THE NEW REGULATIONS PROHIBIT THE PUBLICATION OF PICTURES OF EQUIPMENT...
Many big manufacturers, enjoying their first real business in ten years, are reluctant to share it. Furthermore, Navy and Army contracts hold the prime contractor responsible for quality and delivery dates, and in some cases prohibit subcontracting. In case of a mishap in subcontracting, DCS can take no responsibility. Moreover, many potential subcontractors are as fiercely independent as they are small, hate to take orders secondhand...