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10 most hated books.(gay and lesbian literature censorship)
The Advocate (The national gay & lesbiannewsmagazine)
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June 24, 1997|
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Among gay and lesbian titles that have been banned, censored, and suppressed, these ten have earned special distinction
For more than a hundred years, authors who have dared to write openly about homosexuality have faced book banning, public censure, and obscenity trials. The opposition is just as real today as it was in Walt Whitman's time, when his vividly homoerotic collection of poems, Leaves of Grass, was banned in Boston in 1881. The district attorney called it "obscene." Of course, it went on to be accepted as a literary masterwork. But Leaves of Grass is still ...
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Changing focus: Ex-DA Gil Garcetti goes behind the camera with a photo book on Disney Hall while taking a Harvard position and ethics panel appointment. (People).
Magazine article from: Los Angeles Business Journal
; ...scrutiny As Los Angeles District Attorney from 1992 until Dec...November publication of a book of photographs, Iron...that I was the former district attorney who was also apparently...panned that I just got a book because of my notoriety...who, before I became district ...
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 "The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR)")
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Gardner a shoo-in as district attorney.(Politics)(Lane County's chief deputy district attorney will be the lone candidate on the ballot)
Newspaper article from: The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR)
; ...campaign, Lane County's next district attorney has been selected without a vote being cast. Chief Deputy District Attorney Alex Gardner is the only...primary election. Current District Attorney Doug Harcleroad has said...
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Harcleroad won't seek re-election.(Government)(The six-term district attorney will make way for new leadership in the 2008 balloting)
Newspaper article from: The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR)
; ...he's not coming back. Lane County District Attorney Doug Harcleroad announced Monday...seventh four-year term as Lane County's district attorney, he said. The veteran prosecutor...his chief deputy prosecutor, for district attorney in the May 2008 primary. He then...
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 "Telegram & Gazette (Worcester, MA)")
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Early sworn in as district attorney; Enhancing juvenile justice called priority.(LOCAL NEWS)
Newspaper article from: Telegram & Gazette (Worcester, MA)
; ...in yesterday as the new Worcester district attorney, promising a community-based office...ago, announcing he would run for district attorney, and reiterated the campaign promises...after 30 years in office. The new district attorney trounced Democratic challenger Daniel...
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District attorney bounced from case after victim funds probe.(Up Front)
Magazine article from: Los Angeles Business Journal
; ...appellate panel, the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office was disqualified from a...were brought in June 2001, a deputy district attorney in charge of the case relied on a...Appellate District disqualified the District Attorney's Office because of Xerox's pervasive...
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Harcleroad to keep health benefits.(Government)(But commissioners won't pay the rest of this year's premiums for the district attorney, who is taking temporary retirement)
Newspaper article from: The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR)
; ...Randi Bjornstad The Register-Guard District Attorney Doug Harcleroad cleared the way Wednesday...announced June 15 that he will retire as district attorney on June 30, then return in January...Harcleroad worked as an assistant district attorney from 1974 to 1985, when he became...
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Three blacks trailblaze in district attorney posts. (recently confirmed U.S. attorneys Gaynelle Jones, Vickie LaGrange, and Eric Holder)
Magazine article from: Jet
; ...Oklahoma. With more than a hundred district attorney and federal judge-ships still unfilled...enforcement post, the most powerful district attorney post in the country because it not...branches. In fact, the first case District Attorney Holder must decide is whether to...
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New Black district attorney in Alabama.(Law & Justice)(Brief Article)
Magazine article from: Jet
; * NEW BLACK DISTRICT ATTORNEY IN ALABAMA: Dallas County District Attorney Michael Jackson is sworn in by Judge Marvin...friends look on. He won the Dallas County district attorney Democratic primary to become Alabama's only...
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New D.A. commander has tall Texas tales: Paul, Hastings; Luce, forward get honors.(Law)(Bureau of Investigation)(district attorney)
Magazine article from: San Diego Business Journal
; ...achieve the rank of commander in the district attorney's Bureau of Investigation, has come...16-year veteran of the San Diego district attorney's office, the Dallas-born Conkin...well as the El Cajon branch of the district attorney's office. Before that, she worked...
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Harcleroad substitute takes office.(Government)(Alex Gardner will supervise the Lane district attorney's office until January)
Newspaper article from: The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR)
; ...Gardner became Lane County's temporary district attorney Wednesday and pledged to continue...came as no surprise. Lane County District Attorney Doug Harcleroad, who is temporarily...recent staff reorganization, a senior district attorney was reassigned to help weed out misdemeanor...
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