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Besides reviewing some of the broader effects of smut and rot upon the nation's economy. The Yearbook analyzes many individual types of diseases, some of which seem to possess unique importance. A chapter entitled "Broomrapes, Dodders, and Mistletoes" is particularly noteworthy because it illustrates the alarming growth of parasites in this country. The problem is serious, although the chapter offers one small note of encouragement: "The damage caused by broomrape in America does not approach the situation in Europe...
Many a good Texan agreed with Columnist Wes Izzard of the Amarillo Daily News: "No bunch of smut merchants can hurt Texas . . . They decided to insult somebody to get their magazine back in the limelight . . . Don't play into their hands by buying a copy." But such warnings did little good. When Esquire hit the stands, Texans flocked...
...pornographic literature on the newsstands [TIME, Jan. 12]. One thing the nudist movement has been trying to do is to clean up the minds and morals of America . . . The nudists resent the actions of the magazine dealers in placing nudist publications in the same shelf or immediate vicinity of smut, and we feel that the dealers should cooperate with us. We deplore the sale of smut . . . and we honestly cannot see any connection between...
...Language is, in short, a hodgepodge of all the worst that the modern slick theatrical comedy has to offer. It capitalizes on smut and unfunny topical references, and does not bother to channel the audience's sympathy towards any of the characters. The character analysis itself is in fact so shallow as to be practically negligible: the Americans are boisterous, self-centered, and of course thoroughly likable, the Italians explosive and over emotional; and that is the end of it. As for the mechanics of the show--Raoul Pene Du Bois' scenery and costumes--there is little to say except...
...page document, presented at a Chicago meeting of the National Association of Radio & Television Broadcasters, began by congratulating the industry on making "available to the eyes and ears of the American people the finest programs of information, education, culture and entertainment." Then it came out foursquare against "profanity, obscenity, smut and vulgarity...