Once he assumed the full office in 1610, Buck clearly was the primary censor for public drama.

Behind this highly public drama lay another one, less visual and far less understood, yet just as significant.

We avidly follow the public dramas the system produces.

The procedures are serial, but in the middle of all the public drama we notice hardly, if at all.

The academic confusion became a public drama last fall.

But the prevailing view among people close to the investigation was that the potential for public drama would be overcome by legal practicality.

Even minor traffic accidents can become major public dramas.

The responsible person was unavailable, absent from the public drama.

He was arrested amidst high public drama, but later released on bail for health reasons following a 12-day hunger strike.

What really did in the old order was the exhausting and frightening sequence of public dramas that marked the early 90's.