"But I'm a prude, as you guys can tell, " she quipped before leaving the stage for good.

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And Diana said, Really, Howard, Mr. Prude in the nude?

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They thought him a prude even then.

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But a critic who points out that this so-called culture is defeatist and damaging because it leads to high drop-out rates, record black-on-black murder statistics and a record number of out-of-wedlock births is dismissed as a prude and a censor.

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