Word: lampoonable
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...finer sensibilities of the public for years without any year of suppression. Art magazines that no artist reads, glorifications of American womanhood that no lady buys. French indencies printed especially for exportation have openly proclaimed their attractions from every corner newsstand. Still the liberal and inoffensive satire of the Lampoon meets with stern suppression. The whole affair is an unwarranted abuse of the police power based upon a fine technicality...
...wave of indignation which has followed the suppression of the Lampoon by the Cambridge police has affected not only students of the University but also many members of the Faculty...
...possibility of a protest carried into the courts by the Lampoon grows increasingly probable with the flood of legal advice which has been given on the subject. Believing that the points in question in the recent issue of the Lampoon do not warrant such drastic action on the part of the police, the editors will hold a meeting today at which a decision will be reached about bringing forward a lawsuit...
...cannot believe that the Lampoon will not contest this action of the police authorities in the courts...
...attitude of the Liberal Club in the matter of censorship is too well known to need elucidation. There are, of course, on the news stands many periodicals for the suppression of which more or less reasonable argument might be advanced; but in the case of the suppression of the Lampoon, surely the zeal of our protectors has outrun itself...