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An action or instance of alteration or disappearance of inconvenient or embarrassing documents, photographs, transcripts, or other records.

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memory-holing

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memory-holing

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An action or instance of alteration or disappearance of inconvenient or embarrassing documents, photographs, transcripts, or other records.

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不都合または恥ずかしいとされる文書、写真、記録などの削除や改ざん、隠蔽の行為や事例

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The editor admitted to memory-holing the controversial interview to avoid further backlash.

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編集者はさらなる反発を避けるために、問題となったインタビューを記録から抹消したと認めた。

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An action or instance of alteration or disappearance of inconvenient or embarrassing documents, photographs, transcripts, or other records.

However, the extent of memory-holing that occurred with Elder Poelman's talk was not only extensive and unprecedented (as far as we know) but altogether ironic, given that all this occurred during the actual year of 1984.

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