Word: excepting
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Historians wracked their memories for a similar incident in the whole chronicle of parliaments. The sensation at Belgrade, last week, cannot be put in words. Yet in the Balkans incidents almost as scandalous occur not infrequently. Therefore, last week, "nothing happened"-except that two investigations were started: one to plumb the alleged iniquities of the police; the other to apprehend those responsible for introducing a naked man into Parliament...
Some 6,000 U. S. marines held all the important Nicaraguan cities except Matagalpa and Granada last week...
...securities of practically all these concerns are held by relatively few people. Against these are the "billion" dollar companies, which (except Ford) have thousands of investors...
...shoots, not the tiger, but the Nestoroff. The tiger tears him apart. Gubbio cranks on until someone fires pointblank through the bars into the tiger's ear. He thereby achieves perfection as a cinematograph operator. Emotionless? Oh, no. His suppressed terror strikes him dumb forever after. But except when he thinks of the fierce, innocent tiger's death, he has peace...
Professor C. T. Copeland '82, who underwent a major operation last Saturday morning at a Boston hospital, is resting comfortably, according to an announcement made last night by Dr. A. W. Allen, his operating physician. Except for the inevitable and uncomfortable effects following an operation Professor Copeland's condition is most encouraging to his physicians, Dr. Allen and Dr. W. B. Breed '15, although they have decided that it is not advisable to permit visitors other than members of his immediate family, for a few days...