Word: tokening
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...those who say that art is sacred and should take priority over social health, I have no reply--except to say that I disagree. But opponents of art censorship must--and I believe will--increasingly recognize that total freedom exacts a heavy price in social health. By the same token, supporters of censorship must accept the fact that effective censorship by its nature will exact a certain price in art, and perhaps a considerable one. In these terms, the choice is clear, and my guess is that society's answer will not be overly long in coming...
...lawfully tells him to do, he can be held in civil contempt and locked up. The theory is that he holds the key to his own release; the minute he convinces the judge that he will obey, he has purged his contempt and will be freed. By the same token, if he never obeys he never gets...
...full members of the club will not change the nature of future Woman of the Year awards. Putnam said that both the Woman and Man of the Year awards are mainly publicity stunts. He added that the club had not given the woman's award merely as a token to women...
...sort of question by the press, the military announced that the prisoners would not be available for interviews. Undaunted, close to 100 accredited newsmen turned up at the base, threatening still another Asian skirmish. Officials at Clark relented somewhat at the end of the week, hinting that a few token prisoners would be permitted to meet with the press...
...October agreement provided no details on how many foreign observers would supervise the truce, and when the bargaining began, the Communists demanded a mere token group of 250. The U.S., which originally proposed a four-nation force of 8,000, finally was satisfied with...