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Anderson’s fantasy is hidden amongst 174 in a book she curated that is not for the prudish.

He was someone I’d absolutely break every prudish rule for.

And secondly, the American voter is far less prudish than many assume, a point brought home by another sexual scandal from a different political age.

Since becoming acting president on the last day of 1999, Putin has shaped Russia into a monolith — crushing political opposition, running independent-minded journalists out of the country and promoting an increasing devotion to prudish “traditional values” that pushes many in society into the margins.

Steeped in alcohol and analysis themselves, sophisticated audiences thrilled to the play’s voyeurism and vulgar language, even as the Pulitzer Prize committee got prudish, suspending the drama prize the year “Woolf” was eligible.