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The best-known examples are the Parisian Obelisk Press, which published Henry Miller's sexually frank novel Tropic of Cancer, and Olympia Press, which published William Burroughs's Naked Lunch. Both of these, the work of father Jack Kahane and son Maurice Girodias , specialized in English-language books which were prohibited, at the time, in ...
Embezzlement (from Anglo-Norman, from Old French besillier ("to torment, etc."), of unknown origin) [1] is a term commonly used for a type of financial crime, usually involving theft of money from a business or employer. It often involves a trusted individual taking advantage of their position to steal funds or assets, most commonly over a ...
A Banned Books Week "read out" at Shimer College. The event has been held during the last full week of September since 1982. [13] Banned Books Week is intended to encourage readers to examine challenged literary works and to promote intellectual freedom in libraries, schools, and bookstores.
Stephen King has given a blunt three-word response to discovering that 23 of his books have been banned from school libraries in Florida, a law that is now being challenged by six major book ...
Money laundering is the process of illegally concealing the origin of money obtained from illicit activities (often known as dirty money) such as drug trafficking, underground sex work, terrorism, corruption, embezzlement, and treason, and converting the funds into a seemingly legitimate source, usually through a front organization.
Whoever intending to take dishonestly any movable property out of the possession of any person without that person’s consent, moves that property in order to such taking is said to commit theft. Explanation 1.—A thing so long as it is attached to the earth, not being movable property, is not the subject of theft; but it becomes capable of ...
When you fail, you go back — another X-thousand dollars. Because it’s your fault.” Johnson has received honors for his research, including a 2001 award from Hazelden, a Minnesota-based drug and alcohol treatment provider that helped to popularize the 12-step method, for having furthered “the scientific knowledge of addiction recovery.”
Paypal's user agreement is more than 80 pages long, and it contains an expansive set of rules about when the company can terminate someone's account or freeze their assets. For instance, PayPal ...