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...York City station filed a complaint after George Carlin’s infamous “Filthy Words” bit—in which the legendary stand-up comic and counter-culture icon gleefully lists and graphically annotates the anatomical, excretory, and reproductive colloquialisms deemed unfit for broadcast media...

Author: By Bernard L. Parham, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Deep Focus | 5/3/2006 | See Source »

...effect of the explosion. "The Department of Defense appears to have learned nothing from Hiroshima, Nagasaki, Chernobyl and the devastating deaths caused to nuclear veterans and downwinders by atmospheric nuclear testing," the suit contends. The June 2 explosion, it added, would contaminate Native American land, "making it unfit for millions of years for an use by the Western Shoshone people or any other human beings." A Defense Department statement, however, declared, "No adverse impact on the environment or health of exercise participants or local residents is anticipated...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Fallout Before a Bomb Test | 4/25/2006 | See Source »

...This is a very difficult and sad day for all of us." YISRAEL MAIMON, Israeli Cabinet Secretary, at a meeting to declare former Prime Minister Ariel Sharon?in a coma following his Jan. 4 stroke?unfit for office, formally ending his five-year rule...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Verbatim | 4/17/2006 | See Source »

...exam or take the pass-fail introductory geography course, “Map of the Modern World.” While this particular system might not be the best fit for Harvard, it sends a clear message that we should seek to echo: Our institution will not graduate people unfit to engage actively with the world around them. Why aren’t we sending that message now? We can thank former University President James B. Conant ’13, who justified his decision to scrap the Geography Department in 1948 with the famous line: “Geography...

Author: By Andrew C. Miller, | Title: A Truly Global Education | 4/12/2006 | See Source »

...This is the best show that they’ve done in this theatre all year,” raves tech crew member Courtney E. Thompson ’09. “You look at the cast and not one person is unfit for their role. You can see the actors lose themselves in their roles. That is what theater is all about...

Author: By Rachel B. Nearnberg, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: On The Radar: Pelican | 3/15/2006 | See Source »

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