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... recent times almost exclu- sively to sexual obscenity ; indeed , court decisions regarding permissible legal defi- nitions of the term " obscene " have appeared in recent years to delimit its appli- cation to such sexual obscenity ...
... recent times almost exclu- sively to sexual obscenity ; indeed , court decisions regarding permissible legal defi- nitions of the term " obscene " have appeared in recent years to delimit its appli- cation to such sexual obscenity ...
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... recently by psychiatrists , psycho- logists , and sociologists attempted to assess the effects of exposure to explicit ... Recent research casts doubt on the common belief that women are vastly less aroused by erotic stimuli than are men ...
... recently by psychiatrists , psycho- logists , and sociologists attempted to assess the effects of exposure to explicit ... Recent research casts doubt on the common belief that women are vastly less aroused by erotic stimuli than are men ...
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... recent years toward substantial re - evaluation and revision of obscenity laws , often through the use of ... recently recommended elimination of prohibitions upon distribution of sexual materials to consenting adults . The ...
... recent years toward substantial re - evaluation and revision of obscenity laws , often through the use of ... recently recommended elimination of prohibitions upon distribution of sexual materials to consenting adults . The ...
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... recent years . A definition was then formulated which quite specifically describes material which has been deemed offensive by substantial numbers of postal patrons . This definition is set forth in the footnote . The Commission prefers ...
... recent years . A definition was then formulated which quite specifically describes material which has been deemed offensive by substantial numbers of postal patrons . This definition is set forth in the footnote . The Commission prefers ...
Page 75
... recent years , box office receipts have increased from a post - War low of $ 900 million in 1962 to an estimated $ 1.065 billion in 1970 ( Department of Commerce , 1970b , p . 437 ) . The increased receipts are due to higher admission ...
... recent years , box office receipts have increased from a post - War low of $ 900 million in 1962 to an estimated $ 1.065 billion in 1970 ( Department of Commerce , 1970b , p . 437 ) . The increased receipts are due to higher admission ...
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Page 442 - Hicklin. [L]ater decisions have rejected it and substituted this test: whether to the average person, applying contemporary community standards, the dominant theme of the material taken as a whole appeals to prurient interest.
Page 450 - But implicit in the history of the First ' Amendment is the rejection of obscenity as utterly without redeeming social importance.
Page 447 - It has been well observed that such utterances are no essential part of any exposition of ideas, and are of such slight social value as a step to truth that any benefit that may be derived from them is clearly outweighed by the social interest in order and morality.
Page 448 - Under this definition, as elaborated in subsequent cases, three elements must coalesce: it must be established that (a) the dominant theme of the material taken as a whole appeals to a prurient interest in sex; (b) the material is patently offensive because it affronts contemporary community standards relating to the description or representation of sexual matters; and (c) the material is utterly without redeeming social value.
Page 630 - ... be allowed travel expenses, including per diem in lieu of subsistence, as authorized by section 5703 of title 5, United States Code, for persons in the Government service employed intermittently.
Page 545 - For you were once darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Live as children of light...
Page 631 - ... bureau, agency, board, commission, office, independent establishment, or instrumentality information suggestions, estimates, and statistics for the purpose of this Act; and each such department, bureau, agency, board, commission, office, establishment, or instrumentality is authorized and directed to furnish such information, suggestions, estimates, and statistics directly to the Commission, upon request made by the Chairman or Vice Chairman.
Page 454 - ... the business of purveying textual or graphic matter openly advertised to appeal to the erotic interest of their customers.
Page 299 - I think the test of obscenity is this, whether the tendency of the matter charged as obscenity is to deprave and corrupt those whose minds are open to such immoral influences, and into whose hands a publication of this sort may fall.
Page 314 - State may not constitutionally inhibit the distribution of literary material as obscene unless "(a) the dominant theme of the material taken as a whole appeals to a prurient interest in sex; (b) the material is patently offensive because it affronts contemporary community standards relating to the description or representation of sexual matters; and (c) the material is utterly without redeeming social value...