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A C K N O W L E D G M E N T S  I owe an immense debt of gratitude to the Open Society Institute (OSI), which supported my vision for this book both financially and intellectually. Copious thanks to its entire staff, and especially to Gara LaMarche, director of OSI’s U.S. Programs, and Gail Goodman, program officer for OSI’s Individual Project Fellowships. My colleagues in free-expression work have been a steady source of friendship, intellectual stimulation, and moral support. Particular thanks to Joan Bertin, Leonore Tiefer, and Judith Levine of the National Coalition Against Censorship; David Greene at the First Amendment Project; Chris Finan at the American Booksellers Foundation for Free Expression; Michael Roberts and Diana Ayton-Shenker at PEN American Center; Paul McMasters at the Freedom Forum; and Ann Beeson, Chris Hansen, and Steve Shapiro at the ACLU. Their insights and hard work guided this project for years before the book took shape. I am also grateful to First Amendment lawyers Robert Corn-Revere, Robert Balin, Burt Joseph, Eric Lieberman, and John Crigler for their dedicated labors and willingness to share their thoughts; to Dean Catharine Stimpson, whose confidence in this project enabled me to be a Visiting Scholar at New York University in 1998; and to Michael Carrera, Richard Green, Jonathan Freedman, Daniel Linz, Susan Rose, Henry Jenkins, Debra Haffner, and Victor Strasburger for their many insights about social science, censorship, and youth. Thanks also to colleagues who reviewed and critiqued portions of the manuscript: Hendrik Hartog; Leonore Tiefer; David Garrow; Robert Horwitz; Philippa Strum; my agent, Anne Depue; and my wise and patient editor, Lauren Osborne. The Cambridge University Law Faculty and Wolfson College, Cambridge , were my generous hosts for the six months that I spent in England. Special thanks to Jack Beatson, Tony Smith, Tom Viles, Sir David Williams, and the Cambridge Law Faculty and library staff. The librarians at the International Planned Parenthood Federation (IPPF) in London were incredibly helpful, as were Monica Pini and Vicky Claeys of IPPF in Brussels, and Stefaan Verhulst at the Oxford University Programme in Comparative Media Law and Policy. Richard Swetenham and David Hughes of the European Commission were generous with their time and educated me about the intricate workings of that fascinating bureaucracy. International free-expression advocates Yaman Akdeniz, Malcolm Hutty, Avedon Carol, Alex Hamilton, John Wadham, and Meryem Marzouki provided invaluable assistance as I attempted to understand and navigate the complicated censorship politics of Europe. In Britain, thanks also to Nigel Williams, Colin Shaw, Bill Thompson, David Kerr, Mark Stephens, and James Ferman for sharing their time and thoughts. A specially affectionate thanks to Siobhan Dowd and Sally Sampson, my beloved London friends, frequent hosts, and sources of much wisdom, erudition , humor, and common sense. For insights on Japan, I am grateful to Milton Diamond and Ayako Uchiyama. Thanks also to Satoshi Mishima for good counsel (and an unforgettable meal at Myoshin-ji Temple). The New York Public Library is an amazing resource in whose micro- film and reading rooms I spent many rewarding hours unearthing obscure treasures. I don’t know the staff members individually, but I would like to thank them collectively for their assistance. Thanks also to Amy Levine, the capable librarian at the Sexuality Information and Education Council of the United States (SIECUS); and to the staffs at the Library of Congress manuscript division (home of Justice Brennan’s papers) and at the Kinsey Institute . Finally, thanks to my daughter, Catherine Heins, for the inspired title, and to her brother Matthew for aiding in its creation. x i v A C K N O W L E D G M E N T S ...

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