If one state opts for Puritanism while its neighbor allows the prurient, it is well.

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Her zealously guarded private life (she is unmarried and childless) has prompted prurient media speculation.

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Or do they simply feed prurient appetites at the expense of private lives?

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While some states are Puritanical their neighbors may accept the prurient.

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Not surprisingly, this perk for the prurient is a bit random.

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"It does not appeal to the prurient interests, " he says.

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It's an unexpected outcome, but prurient and grotesque, perfect for vaudeville and above all for the burlesque that is the password that Berlusconi himself has chosen for his own destiny.

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Such results are of more than merely prurient interest.

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To be found obscene, and therefore not protected by the First Amendment, a work must appeal to prurient interests according to community standards, depict sexual activity in an offensive way, and be wholly lacking in scientific, artistic, political or literary value.

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