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The term "censorship" comes from The Latin, censere "to give as one's opinion, to assess." The Roman censors were magistrates who took the census count and served as assessors and inspectors of morals ...

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A Tentative List is an inventory of those properties which each State Party intends to consider for nomination. The Tentative Lists of States Parties are published by the World Heritage Centre at its ...

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