Word: exception
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...real, semi and pseudo, say they gave away 26 million francs and won the war, that's that. All you ex-bucks who believe it, stand on your head. I neither recollect nor have I ever heard of any buck who ever received, gratis, anything from the Y except - -. He got lots of that. In fact he has heard this brand of F. S. Edmonds and F. H. Jamison overseas and ever since. Same old songs of self-pity and sacrifice, patting their selves on the back because they have records to show they spent two dollars...
...Presidents except Harding hang somewhere in the White House" (TIME, March...
...request for the privilege of playing in the Stadium was passed on favorably by the Athletic Committee at their meeting on March 4, and their recommendation was referred to the Corporation for a final decision. With the announcement of the approval of that body, no further action is necessary except the gaining of the consent to the proposal of Mayor Nichols of Boston. Although the Mayor is absent at present; notice has been received from his office that in all probability there will be no opposition from this source...
...that it is easy to read--truly an advantage under any conditions and particularly in a popular work. Moreover, the author, escapes, on the whole, the treacherous middle ground of striving to found his historical facts purely upon the trembling quagmire of psychological interpretation. And, happily, he successfully restrains--except for a few lapses--the temptation to be "bright...
Adamson, the writer, will also coach the production, except for the choruses, which will be trained by a professional master not yet appointed...