Word: tamperproof
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Dates: during 1949-1949
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...patients except the "acutely disturbed" will see the nightly programs. As a precaution against extra-critical reactions, the TV screens are covered by non-shatterable Plexiglas and the sets encased in steel "tamperproof" cabinets. Carlin's patients like comedy shows. Western films are banned (gunplay overstimulates), but drama shows are all right if they are not too dramatic. Carlin's only rule: his patients must not see "anything depressing or anything to cause excitement." So far, he reports with satisfaction, most TV programs do not violate this rule...