On that it failed, but it did succeed in excising a reference to Mr Milosevic's indictment.

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In 2005, the Barbican in London was accused of excising sections of its production of Tamburlaine to remove scenes attacking Muhammad.

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Excising the streaming-only business and moving it into a separate website with an ill-conceived name seemed tantamount to death for the company.

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Some suggest excising God himself hardly a Christian monopoly from the constitution.

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That movement, which in the United States started at universities in the 1970s, led to hundreds of colleges and many state governments excising South African investments from their portfolios.

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Tenor saxophonist Sonny Rollins heard the new sound, propelled by bassist Charlie Haden and drummer Ed Blackwell, and went back to the woodshed to retool his music, excising the piano and guitar and featuring the work of trumpeter Don Cherry, Ornette's perennial sidekick.

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