Censors will try to censor a little bit more each year (bec… - Wilfrid Sheed

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Censors will try to censor a little bit more each year (because, like editors and other officious people, censors don't feel they are getting anywhere unless they are up and doing).

Wilfrid Sheed

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Wilfrid John Joseph Sheed (born December 27 1930 – 19 January 2011) was an English-born American novelist and essayist.

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