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...agency for Allstate Insurance vetoed a suicide in the story. The ad agencies objected to the phrase "20 men in hoods"; it was changed to "in homemade masks," but Actor Rod Steiger slipped up and said "in hoods" anyway. After all possible aspects of the script that might offend religious or regional groups were hashed over, the laundering was applied to whatever might cause Mexicans to take umbrage (deleted: "Mex," "enchilada-eater," "bean-eaters," "greasy...
...French nation, with the appeal: "Bar the Route Against Military Dictatorship." Explained one censor: "De Gaulle's name is too much of a national symbol to tamper with." Translated from the French, that seemed to mean that the falling government, fearful of appearing either to embrace or offend the incoming Premier, found De Gaulle too hot to censor...
More than any other University official, however, McArthur has formed an interesting and developed description of people who voluntarily leave Harvard. "These people don't come to anyone's attention while they're at Harvard; they're neutral and don't offend anyone. They never give the impression of being in trouble; always being sunny and affable; when they do leave, even their roommates are usually surprised." The life of these people, McArthur thinks, is somewhat vegetable-like. "My guess is that they probably don't get up for breakfast and are apt to cut a lot of classes. These...
...extremely interesting article on the growth of the Catholic Church in Africa. The term "blacks," however, might offend many. Shouldn't you refer to them as "native clergy...
...make my tiger a cat to please anybody." The old tiger was even more eloquent. In a swipe at the crusty Scottish father of Boswell (Kenneth Haigh) he roared: "Patriotism is the last refuge of the scoundrel!" After a round of bullying Oliver Goldsmith he purred: "Come, come, we offended one another with our contention. Let us not offend the company by our compliments...