1. Consequently, he ruled, the Education Ministry had been perfectly within its rights to ban the book. 2. The book is banned in several countries and has not been publicised. 3. The book was banned in many countries. 4. The new government banned books, seized passports, expelled foreigners, and legalized detention without trial. 5. Totalitarian regimes ban books they disapprove of. 6. The book was banned in the U.S., as were two subsequent books. 7. The school banned that book for many years. 8. Lindsey Fraser, executive director of the educational charity Book Trust Scotland, knows of no Scottish library which has banned books. 9. Although the book is banned in China, the Chinese edition is sure to find its way home through the Internet and in smuggled copies. |