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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.

    The Volokh Conspiracy » Supreme Court Agrees to Review Constitutionality of Ban on Distributing Violent Video Games to Minors 2010

  • There is a profound meaning in the word Amusement; much more than most people are disposed to admit.

    Thrift Samuel Smiles 1858

  • The corporation was called Amusement Events Services, according to Estrada. sparksfan at 8:35 PM October 22, 2011

    News - latimes.com 2011

  • The corporation was called Amusement Events Services, according to Estrada. sparksfan at 8:35 PM October 22, 2011

    News - latimes.com 2011

  • 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

  • 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

  • "Amusement," said Mrs. Plinth sententiously, "is hardly what I look for in my choice of books."

    Xingu 1911

  • "Amusement," said Mrs. Plinth, "is hardly what I look for in my choice of books."

    Xingu 1916 Edith Wharton 1899

  • "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

  • "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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