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  2. Book banning in the United States (2021–present) - Wikipedia

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    Parents, teachers, students, and other stakeholders commonly express concerns over the works students read in schools. Typically, the process of challenging a book's inclusion in curricula or in libraries involves the parties reading the book, debating its appropriateness, and making a decision at the level of a teacher, class, school, or district.

  3. Ray-Ban - Wikipedia

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    Ray-Ban is a brand of luxury sunglasses and eyeglasses created in 1936 by Bausch & Lomb. The brand is best known for its Wayfarer and Aviator lines of sunglasses. In 1999, Bausch & Lomb sold the brand to Italian eyewear conglomerate Luxottica Group for a reported $640 million.

  4. List of books banned by governments - Wikipedia

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    A display of formerly banned books at a US library. Banned books are books or other printed works such as essays or plays which have been prohibited by law, or to which free access has been restricted by other means. The practice of banning books is a form of censorship, from political, legal, religious, moral, or commercial motives. This ...

  5. Federal judges allow Iowa book ban to take effect this ... - AOL

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    Iowa can enforce a book ban this school year following a Friday ruling by a federal appeals court. The U.S. Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals overturned a district judge's earlier decision that ...

  6. Penalties for teachers who violate Iowa's book ban law take ...

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    The rules will not be finalized until after Jan. 1, when penalties for violating the law go into effect. Public hearings for the rules are scheduled from 2:30 to 3:30 p.m. Jan. 3 and 10:30 to 11 a ...

  7. Another book ban battle emerges in Florida, with high stakes ...

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    July 24, 2024 at 1:59 AM. Another legal battle has begun over Florida's book bans, with significant stakes, as the sued school district is launching a controversial defense that could shake First ...

  8. A Medicine for Melancholy - Wikipedia

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    240. ISBN. 0-380-73086-3 (paperback reprint) OCLC. 38229379. A Medicine for Melancholy (1959) is a collection of short stories by American writer Ray Bradbury. It was first published in the UK by Hart-Davis in 1959 as The Day It Rained Forever with a slightly different list of stories. All of the included stories were previously published.

  9. Ray Bradbury - Wikipedia

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    Ray Douglas Bradbury (US: / ˈ b r æ d b ɛr i / BRAD-berr-ee; August 22, 1920 – June 5, 2012) was an American author and screenwriter.One of the most celebrated 20th-century American writers, he worked in a variety of genres, including fantasy, science fiction, horror, mystery, and realistic fiction.