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I know that the 7th Circuit, in American Amusement Machine v. Kendrick, stuck down an Indianapolis law that prevented minors from playing violent arcade games.
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There is a profound meaning in the word Amusement; much more than most people are disposed to admit.
Thrift Samuel Smiles 1858
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The corporation was called Amusement Events Services, according to Estrada. sparksfan at 8:35 PM October 22, 2011
News - latimes.com 2011
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The corporation was called Amusement Events Services, according to Estrada. sparksfan at 8:35 PM October 22, 2011
News - latimes.com 2011
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IPG - News announced today that they intend to enter into a joint venture to launch a new marketing agency called Amusement Park Entertainment.
unknown title 2011
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I have attended the Races yesterday and today rather from motives of curiosity than any love to this Amusement, and think I shall hardly be prevailed on to go ten Steps in future to see any Horse Race -- The objections and inconveniences attending this kind of Amusement, obvious to me, are,
Journal of a Tour to North Carolina by William Attmore, 1787 1922
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"Amusement," said Mrs. Plinth sententiously, "is hardly what I look for in my choice of books."
Xingu 1911
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"Amusement," said Mrs. Plinth, "is hardly what I look for in my choice of books."
Xingu 1916 Edith Wharton 1899
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"Amusement," said Mrs. Plinth sententiously, "is hardly what I look for in my choice of books."
The Early Short Fiction of Edith Wharton — Part 2 Edith Wharton 1899
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"Amusement"? there is no such word among all the many spoken by God to men.
Tired Church Members Anna Bartlett Warner 1869
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