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Censorship 1964 (Lenny Bruce)\n\t\t027\tUnderground movies\n\t\t045\tLeroy Jones\n\t\t295\tBill Bisset – talks about censorship in Canada & civil liberties\n\t\t\tBook & Periodical Development Corp.\n\t\t410\tBill and Alan**** talk about Canada Council and censorship\n\t\t659\tBisset reading\n"],"Note":["[{\"note\":\"\",\"type\":\"\"}]"],"Related_works":["[]"],"_version_":1853670555075477508,"timestamp":"2026-01-07T14:59:59.437Z","score":3.2570128}]