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2. 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.

3. List of books banned by governments - Wikipedia

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   Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (1865) Lewis Carroll. Children's Novel/Adventure. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland was banned in the province of Hunan, China by the KMT 's government, beginning in 1931, due to its portrayal of anthropomorphized animals which act with the same level of complexity as human beings.

4. Ban This Book - Wikipedia

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   ISBN. 978-0-7653-8556-7. Ban This Book is a 2017 children's novel by Alan Gratz. Inspired by a viral Internet story from the mid-2010s, it tells of an African-American North Carolina girl student's fight against book censorship. Published in 2017 to positive reviews, it became the subject of its own May 2024 ban in a Florida school district.

5. Often-cited 'Gender Queer,' 'All Boys Aren't Blue' for book ...

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   Lawmakers have consistently cited the two as examples of books with sexual content inappropriate for Iowa students. "All Boys Aren't Blue" details the author's experiences growing up as a queer ...

6. 1988–1994 British broadcasting voice restrictions - Wikipedia

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   From October 1988 to September 1994 the British government banned broadcasts of the voices of representatives from Sinn Féin and several Irish republican and loyalist groups on television and radio in the United Kingdom (UK). The restrictions, announced by the Home Secretary, Douglas Hurd, on 19 October 1988, covered eleven organisations based ...

7. Fahrenheit 451 - Wikipedia

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   Fahrenheit 451 is a 1953 dystopian novel by American writer Ray Bradbury. [4] It presents a future American society where books have been outlawed and "firemen" burn any that are found. [5] The novel follows in the viewpoint of Guy Montag, a fireman who soon becomes disillusioned with his role of censoring literature and destroying knowledge ...