Taking banned book week literally.

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Conroe is a city and the seat of Montgomery County in the U.S. , is petitioning his local school district to remove Fahrenheit Fahr·en·heit
adj. Abbr. F
Of or relating to a temperature scale that registers the freezing point of water as 32°F and the boiling point as 212°F at one atmosphere of pressure. 451, Ray Bradbury's science fiction novel about book burning, from the curriculum after his daughter complained about the "very bad language" in it. Verm filed his complaint during the twenty-fifth annual Banned Book Week.

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Title Annotation:	Alton Verm on removal of 'Fahrenheit 45'
Publication:	The Progressive
Article Type:	Brief article
Geographic Code:	1USA
Date:	Nov 1, 2006
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